• @[email protected]
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    1143 months ago

    We used to drive bicycles when we were children. Then we started driving cars. Bicycles have two wheels, cars have four. Eight wheels seems to be the logical next step, why don’t we drive eight-wheel vehicles?

          • robotica
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            23 months ago

            They serve different purposes, what’s wrong with having both bikes and cars? People live outside of cities too, you know

            • @[email protected]
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              13 months ago

              Moving towards something doesn’t imply that cars are being obliterated or banned. Funnily enough, whenever I’m in an unpleasant altercation with a driver, they tend to have plates from far away. If they want to drive their cars out in the country, they can do so - when you’re in a dense urban area (which is the most sustainable way to arrange people), you can park and get on the subway with the rest of us.

    • borari
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      433 months ago

      Some of us drive 18-wheeled vehicles.

    • Liz
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      193 months ago

      See here’s where this analogy is perfect. Sometimes a bicycle is the best solution, just like how sometimes a microcontroller is the best solution. You use the tool you need for the job, and American product design is creating way too many “smart” products just like how American town planning demands too many cars. Bring back the microcontroller! Bring back the bike!

    • @[email protected]
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      63 months ago

      I mean we do right?

      Trains are typically 2 x 4 bogies.

      But then high speed rail have fewer wheels due to friction.