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[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Because 9/10 times they are awful, expensive, unused, and quickly shut down.

You don't see any of these niche techslop pods operating anywhere you actually go, because they don't work.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

have you actually looked at what we're talking about, like at all? or are you just following the programming of "small vehicle=bad"?

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

okay so where do these things actually work?

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

on the testing tracks, because it's new technology and needs to be exhaustively tested before the government allows it to be put into service.

like, trains were also new technology at one point, being new doesn't somehow inherently make it bad lmao

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Except this is not the first time this sort of thing has been proposed.

[–] black0ut@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago

I don't know why you're being downvoted. I'd say you're wrong, because it's 10/10 times these things don't work. I've seen many similar projects get proposed, funded and abandoned (even some that really did sound more efficient than this to me). The truth is, standard trains are still the cheapest thing you can put on those rails. They're simple, repairable, predictable, they don't break easily, can be easily driven by anyone or automated with standard systems that have been around for decades. Even if a small govt can't buy a new train, they can get second hand trains from other cities, which will still work perfectly for decades.