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Where I live there is 0 public transport. I charge my EV with my own solar panels. So I think I am okay.

Working from home is the best. Not everyone can do it, but those who can, should be allowed to. Return to office isn’t for us, it’s for them.

Bike/Electric scooter + public transport is a peak mobility, but public transport isn't even built for that :(

Yes, though not always as accessible.

The problem with electric cars is two fold as far as I understand it:

• The electricity it uses is not sustainable.
• It has lots of tracking etc and in some cases remote control.

It's also collectivizing the solution rather than expecting us each to address the problem on an individual level that doesn't change the status quo one iota.

What about electric public transit? EV buses are becoming quite popular in Korea.

My friend’s work is over an hour from his house by public transport—if public transport is working, and it’s a weekday. If it isn’t working well, if it’s late, if it’s a weekend or holiday, then it’s closer to two hours (or more).

It’s 15 minutes max by car.

And he lives in a place with good public transportation.

Until we improve how public transportation runs, so that it really is designed around how people need to get from A to B, cars are going to be the more popular choice.

Like ~15 years ago I heard peter singer saying that the emissions from the lifetime use of a car were lower than those from making it, so you should only ever buy a second hand car.

That was before widespread EVs though.

I often wonder how long you have to use a 2nd hand gas car for, before the emissions outstrip those of making a brand new EV.

Something even easier to implement than public transit is treating e-scooters and e-bikes like first class citizens. Governments love to restrict their speed to make them uncompetitive with cars without an easy legal alternative.

Yeah in a world where transit isnt a shit show. In my city transit will take you 2 hours to get home when a car will take 20 minutes

US public transportation is pathetic, but prior to the 1960's it was quite extensive only to be destroyed by the oil and automobile lobbyists.

Yes but much less profitable.

Stupid sexy skeletor

Depends on population density. Even if there was passenger train service on the existing lines here, a lot of people would need a vehicle to get to the station, and I don't think public buses / vans could cover all the roads at a reasonable schedule.

But, also, you don't have to get very dense before public transport is better than individual vehicles for intracity trips.

Nothing you do as an individual will ever be as bad as the commercial fishing industry.

I would love public transit if it didn't add an hour each way to my commute

You also need to fix the karen problem that plagues society. I don't like getting called a slur or "go back to where you came from", and its very bad when you're stuck inside the small space as them. (By "karen" I don't mean just white women, but the attitude of some people, anyone can become a karen)

A lot of cities were designed around cars. In Cities Skyline you can just bulldoze entire neighbourhoods and completely change the roads and transit. Unfortunately in real life you can't easily bulldoze people's homes, and transit networks can take a decade to build.

Global warming is a problem now, and perfect is the enemy of good enough. We know EVs aren't the ideal solution, but it's important part of a solution that involves improved transit, better quality of life in dense population centers AND EVs for neighbourhoods that were built in a car-centric past. Maybe in 100 years the suburbs won't exist and there won't be any need for cars, but if we wait 100 years to have perfectly designed transit friendly neighbourhoods we'll all be fucked.

Walking/biking > public transportation > used EV > used IC with decent fuel economy > new EV > new or low fuel economy IC.

That's great if public transport goes from near where you are to near where you want to be, in a reasonable time.

For me that's not the case. Anywhere I want to go takes 27 changes over at least 5 hours for a net distance of three miles; it'd be quicker to hop backwards blindfold on a bent pogo stick.

But I have to be together with people!

I'd rather drive my bike to work.