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		xnx 73 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Waymo World Model > I don't think individual vehicles can ever achieve the same envirnmental economies of scale as trains. I think you'd be surprised. Look at the difference in cost per passenger mile.

Mawr 73 days ago [–]

I'm looking. Comes out unfavorably to cars. Obviously.

I guess you're comparing the total cost of trains vs a subset of costs of cars, as is usual. Road use and pollution are free externalities after all.

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