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Autobesity: More than 150 car models too big for regular UK parking spaces
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2023
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Uh... The best case scenario is two smaller cars. Riding a bigger car to protect yourself is not only extremely selfish, but entirely counterproductive as you encourage other people to do the same. This is very much a tragedy of the commons situation.
Indeed. What happened with cars in the US is an โarms raceโ on the road. Everyone wants to be in the bigger car so they just get bigger and bigger and reach a point where that e=mcยฒ equation is pegged.
max selfishness โ max energy
As expected, right-wing U.S. republicans disproportionately drive big cars. While liberals tend to favor small cars or bicycles.
The EPA essentially banned station wagons and people realized you can have spacious, often luxurious, vehicles for their children and whatever shit they're carrying. I prefer mid-sized sedans, but I only have dogs.
Wait, they banned estate cars? Iโve rented them at various points over the last ten years in the US, what exactly was banned about them?
This has some pretty good info on both. CAFE standards have perverse incentives (who could have guessed).