schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoxkcd #2948: Electric vs Gasxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square711fedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down144file-textcross-posted to: evs
arrow-up11.11Karrow-down1external-linkxkcd #2948: Electric vs Gasxkcd.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square711fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: evs
Alt text: An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down4·5 months agoMaybe don’t do that? Catch a train it’s significantly cheaper anyway.
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agoNo passenger rail. It’s car or a once a week bus that doesn’t even stop in the town my family lives in.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·5 months agoThat’s an infrastructure problem you can help solve and regardless going on long trips for most people is 100% optional.
minus-squareSolemn@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·edit-25 months agoThat 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.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 months agoBut 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.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoSadly, yes. I live in Germany, and here you need a BahnCard50 (or better) for the train to be cheaper than the gas for driving.
Maybe don’t do that? Catch a train it’s significantly cheaper anyway.
No passenger rail. It’s car or a once a week bus that doesn’t even stop in the town my family lives in.
That’s an infrastructure problem you can help solve and regardless going on long trips for most people is 100% optional.
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.
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.
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.