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• barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  These are not the kind of enclosed motorised vehicles you’re thinking of.

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  • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Now how are you going to deliver goods to people’s homes? Transport furniture? Home Reno materials? Kids + their sports equipment?

    How are you going to get the last mile to a home down a country road in winter with rain, sleet, and snow?

    Yes, we can minimize our usage of cars, but as you scale up the capabilities of a cargo bike you just reinvent the car.

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    • barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Those are great but how are you going to deliver goods to people’s homes? Transport furniture? Home Reno materials? Kids + their sports equipment?

      With trucks, minivans, cargo bikes, and backpacks and hand carts. The first two are commercial vehicles, the last two private, the one in the middle either.

      How are you going to get the last mile to a home down a country road in winter with rain, sleet, and snow?

      With your tractor? Rather pointless to buy a car just for that distance.

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      • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        With trucks, minivans, cargo bikes, and backpacks and hand carts. The first two are commercial vehicles, the last two private, the one in the middle either.

        Cool, regardless of whether they’re commercial or or private, it would still be better if they killed fewer people than they do today.

        With your tractor? Rather pointless to buy a car just for that distance and if you don’t own a tractor what are you doing out there.

        I don’t think you’ve spent much time in the country, most people don’t own tractors. It’s not just farmers as far as the eye can see, they still require a huge community / support system of electricians, mechanics, plumbers, shops and suppliers, entertainment, etc.

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