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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Maybe don't do that? Catch a train it's significantly cheaper anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No passenger rail. It's car or a once a week bus that doesn't even stop in the town my family lives in.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago

That's an infrastructure problem you can help solve and regardless going on long trips for most people is 100% optional.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

That would become a 15+ hour trip then...

Edit: On further investigation, it's also not significantly cheaper than flying, and is much more expensive than fuel for driving.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

But much better for the environment, sometimes others matter more and when more people use rail it's more likely our country will catch up and build hyper train networks.

[–] Saledovil 1 points 6 months ago

Sadly, yes. I live in Germany, and here you need a BahnCard50 (or better) for the train to be cheaper than the gas for driving.