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minus-squareClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]hexbear35·3 years agoTrains move more people per amount of fuel used, so moving someone from a car to a train quite literally does lower the amount of fuel used. link
minus-squarediscountsocialism [none/use name]hexbear5·3 years agoDemand would decrease if people stopped driving. link
minus-squareCrimsonSage [any]hexbear6·3 years agoThis assumes that people have infinite consumption though. Any future in which there is sufficient political energy to build public rail in America would also be one that would counter the trends that drive excessive consumption. link
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Trains move more people per amount of fuel used, so moving someone from a car to a train quite literally does lower the amount of fuel used.
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Demand would decrease if people stopped driving.
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This assumes that people have infinite consumption though. Any future in which there is sufficient political energy to build public rail in America would also be one that would counter the trends that drive excessive consumption.
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