cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN Businesswww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareRambomst@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoBut that would require investment in infrastructure…
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoBet that semi trucks are more expensive due to road damage and congestion alone.
minus-squaremriguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYes, but that’s all subsidized by taxpayers, so it’s more expensive overall but cheaper for YOU.
minus-squaretwopi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoPrivatize gains, socialize losses. The CapitalistTM way!
minus-squarekameecoding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoEfficiency, pollution too (even when electric, because tires and break dust are a thing)
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWhat you don’t get is that trucks last less and consume more, therefore it’s better for the robber barons.
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’ve already commented on road damage, but yeah, trucking firms bear no costs for the congestion and other road hazards they bring with them. Society, as is so often the case, sucks up those externalities.
But that would require investment in infrastructure…
Bet that semi trucks are more expensive due to road damage and congestion alone.
Yes, but that’s all subsidized by taxpayers, so it’s more expensive overall but cheaper for YOU.
Privatize gains, socialize losses. The CapitalistTM way!
Efficiency, pollution too (even when electric, because tires and break dust are a thing)
What you don’t get is that trucks last less and consume more, therefore it’s better for the robber barons.
I’ve already commented on road damage, but yeah, trucking firms bear no costs for the congestion and other road hazards they bring with them. Society, as is so often the case, sucks up those externalities.