• NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Uh… The best case scenario is two smaller cars. Riding a bigger car to protect yourself is not only extremely selfish, but entirely counterproductive as you encourage other people to do the same. This is very much a tragedy of the commons situation.

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      1 year ago

      Indeed. What happened with cars in the US is an “arms race” on the road. Everyone wants to be in the bigger car so they just get bigger and bigger and reach a point where that e=mc² equation is pegged.

      max selfishness → max energy

      As expected, right-wing U.S. republicans disproportionately drive big cars. While liberals tend to favor small cars or bicycles.

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        1 year ago

        The EPA essentially banned station wagons and people realized you can have spacious, often luxurious, vehicles for their children and whatever shit they’re carrying. I prefer mid-sized sedans, but I only have dogs.

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          1 year ago

          Wait, they banned estate cars? I’ve rented them at various points over the last ten years in the US, what exactly was banned about them?

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            1 year ago

            This has some pretty good info on both. CAFE standards have perverse incentives (who could have guessed).