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supertropetoday at 1:41 PM0 repliesview on HN

This is the real ultimate solution to energy security and climate change. However there are many entrenched interests behind car culture. Auto manufacturers. Auto parts suppliers. Car dealers. The banks that sell car loans. Car insurance companies. Oil companies. The majority of governments and voters are okay with spending trillions on highways, roads, and parking. But ask them to upgrade public transit into something useful instead of an awful quality social welfare service and the anti-tax forces come out in force.