Will the Self-Driving Cars of the Future Lower Emissions?
Waymo is rapidly expanding in the U.S. But experts say there are big questions about how self-driving cars could affect traffic and greenhouse gas emissions.
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No
But trains will
Honestly even if they were comically old timey trains that burned coal the efficiency of scale might still keep emissions technically lower than cars when you truly add it all up.
That will be too little too late.
@silence7 The problem of “too many cars on the road” definitely has a solution in “more cars that drive themselves aimlessly without purpose”. The techbros really know what we need! :comfysmug: