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Germany Has Too Many Solar Panels, and It's Pushed Energy Prices Negative (markets.businessinsider.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I'd like a future where EV's aren't a part of it and worrying about such frivolities as "personal transportation" is a foreign concept.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (5 children)

All of transportation cannot be shared or multi-passenger because some trips are to places where nobody else is going. Perhaps in dense cities, which will take at least 50 years to rebuild in a walkable way in the US. But people will still want to enjoy natural places - lakes, rivers, mountains, deserts, forests, and snow, and there won’t always be rails built to access those places. Electric mountain bikes with a 500 mile range maybe? Personal transportation will always be around.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Ok but if you are in the middle of nature where is this mythical charging station that is going to ping your cell-phone that you should charge your bike in the next 35 minutes? It better not be in the national park you are visiting. I'd also say that in America, removing cars from our national parks and replacing them with rail would be a huge boost to accessibility, and preservation. Hiking/biking trails can and should still exist, but in that world Electric Cars have no place.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There already aren't gas stations in these remote locations. Why would there need to be EV chargers??

The thought of having rail service small campsites is comical.

If we did move to a world where cities are dense enough that public transit did replace cars for most people, cars would still be a viable rental for when leaving the city.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Rail service doesn't go to the campsite. It goes to the trailhead/lodge, then you can hike to your campsite.

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