"[Self-driving cars] may actually make the climate situation worse." I agree.
Consider:
🔹 Huge increase in total driving
🔹 More gridlock, leading to slower transit
🔹 AV software/hardware requires tons of energy
🔹 Inducement to live in bigger homes (w/ bigger carbon footprints) on the urban edge
Consider:
🔹 Huge increase in total driving
🔹 More gridlock, leading to slower transit
🔹 AV software/hardware requires tons of energy
🔹 Inducement to live in bigger homes (w/ bigger carbon footprints) on the urban edge
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And if cost of transport is high, peiple will live in smaller spaces.
The Jevons Paradox explains why. I wrote about it last year.
That would likely mean prioritizing high car speeds with fewer traffic lights to maximize car throughput, while sacrificing pedestrian and cyclist mobility. Cities will be hollowed out.