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And we can make them environmentally friendly by having them run on electricity that is constantly supplied by overhead power lines, alleviating the need for heavy batteries. I think we are onto something here

Seeing this thread pains me. I recall reading the Foreigner series by C. J. Cherryh and in it they had an alien politician mention cars in passing, stating that it would be stupid to give their citizens this selfish way of transportation and rather invested in train infrastructure. And boy does it seem stupid looking back. Something like 30% by area of US cities are taken up by parking space and it get's so much worse once think about what a city would look like if built for people and not cars.

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