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Is this tech subsidized?

Is this tech a more effective electric alternative, without the carbon cost?

Is there a logic why we keep subsidizing electric alternatives that already have a market, when new, better, innovative options are coming out?



What are the better options?


Trains


I’m a big train geek and I hate trucks but I also know that we don’t have time to wait for a transport revolution if we want to prevent the climate emergency.


Trains can't replace last-mile delivery though. Afaik the US already has a fantastic freight railway system.


Can't they? How did last mile delivery happen before cars then?

The answer: Trains driving cargo through the middle of large cities.




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