The entire pitch of :my-hero: 's "The Boring Company" (get it? GET IT?!) was that the savior of humanity hated traffic too and so proposed digging tunnels under it.
Turns out those tunnels improve nothing and are just more constricted and dangerous traffic with a bazinga lightshow. :so-true:
I suppose the "disruption" would be so counter to the normal "owning a car is good" propaganda, that it would feel like a trick/communist.
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Cars are, and I can't stress this enough, bad.
Even here, the belief that making the bad thing electric is a meaningfully significant change persists.
Lithium comes from Gaia's freely-given sweet whispers. :eco-porky:
Turns out, moving billions of tons of metal and plastic back and forth everyday is fairly wasteful.
Bazinga brains don't like to share so they prefer one or more tons of metal and plastic per bazinga brain.
Everyone hates traffic. Everyone. Yet here we are.
The entire pitch of :my-hero: 's "The Boring Company" (get it? GET IT?!) was that the savior of humanity hated traffic too and so proposed digging tunnels under it.
Turns out those tunnels improve nothing and are just more constricted and dangerous traffic with a bazinga lightshow. :so-true:
Honestly surprised there isnt more effort to "invent and disrupt" with just the plan old bus.
Dress it up, make an app, paint them cool colors, call them self driving ( but still have an actual driver), have coffee or something on board. Etc.
American buses right now suck and legit need "disruption."
Someone stands to make millions selling overpriced buses to cities. Just do it.
Techbros have already "disrupted" busses by having busses to move their workers to and from their worksites.
It's just a thing that's done because it actually fucking works but it doesn't get much publicity because it's not exciting like the magic cars.
https://www.shortlist.com/news/ride-sharing-company-lyft-has-invented-the-bus
Yeah, true. Still, feels like theres so much money on the table. The floor is "everyone owns and operates their own vehicle, for forever, at $5/gal"
But I suppose selling everyone a Ford F150 every year is the real money maker.
Dont forget the insurance.
I suppose the "disruption" would be so counter to the normal "owning a car is good" propaganda, that it would feel like a trick/communist.
"Tired of paying $400/month on a car payment? Tired of paying hundreds on car insurance? Tired of maintaining a car? Tired of traffic? Tired of brushing off snow? Tired of blistering heat? Want to enjoy Friday nights out without worry? Want to connect with your community? Want more time for reading? Wish your kids could move themselves around? Want to save the environment? Want to help improve your city? Try, new from silicon valley, the future of transport. A optimized for comfort and easy, transport subscription service that removes the worry and hassle of your commute. Door to door service at a fraction the cost. Introducing: w@gon.
Someone did make a fancy bus on a DC to New York route that seems cool. Has coffee and supposedly very comfortable seats
Build more lanes so freedom can reign across this great continent
but its renewable! they say as they use up limited lithium reserves by plummeting their plastic and steel death carriage off a bridge