• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    Cost? The benefit is no longer wasting resources on a mode of transportation that’s inherently unsustainable, destructive, etc. Those resources would be much better allocated to public transit, light EVs, etc.

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      2 months ago

      I meant for my question to be rhetorical. It should be unthinkable not to do it in the long run. $20bn is a lot of money, unless you consider the cost of completely fucking up your planet or whatever.