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Oil ain't a picnic either, so what's the answer?

Grid-powered public transit replacing 80% of trips by personal vehicle.

This is the sort of elitist fantasy nonsense promoted by the WEF that completely disrespects the average person and family.

European families seem to do OK using public transit.

...only in big cities. Rural areas including the suburbs of the 100k's still depend heavily on individual transport...

How is public transport elitist? If anything it's the opposite.

This. Americans are too used to owning a personal car and driving it even though short trips can be replaced by public transit.

I agree US is too big to be covered by public transit, but if we want to win the climate war, US has to cover all its states and make public transit seamless. Once this goal is complete, discourage owning of personal vehicle.

Also a picture comparing car vs bus [1]. Now compare the green house emission between two.

[1] https://www.boredpanda.com/space-required-to-transport-60-pe...

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