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Folsomdsf t1_j6d84sf wrote

Reply to comment by LordEarArse in Eli5 why aren't gas only vehicles far more fuel efficient than before by Live_Strongerrr

>You just don't see such 'city cars' in the USA because no red-blooded meat-eating christian would buy such a silly little vehicle.

I'm taking a guess you're european and have no clue why cars are different in the US. We do have those cars, but commutes on average are at minimum twice as long as European counterparts. I don't think Europeans have ever actually looked at a map or globe critically when they say garbage like this. They don't understand how big the US actually is and how much distance MORE a US driver travels. this is why they buy the larger more comfortable models mostly, which has lend to an escalating war of leg room, comfort, etc.

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Antman013 t1_j6dcm55 wrote

Dude specifically wrote "City cars" in his answer . . .

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Folsomdsf t1_j6g1ww6 wrote

Hint: US cities are much much much more spread out and MUUUUCH larger than you think.

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Antman013 t1_j6g2nja wrote

Hint . . . I live in Canada. I'm aware. Also aware that most trips in the US (~60%) are six miles or less. 17.5% in the 6-10 mile range. Another 8.5% fall into the 10-15 mile range.

5% are over 30 miles

5% are 20-30 miles

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So, what's your point?

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tolomea t1_j6dn7wb wrote

It's not really about the size of the country so much as how the infrastructure and cities are put together.

I haven't lived in a household that owned even a single car since the late 90s. We build our work and homes denser and closer together. So for a lot of things I can walk, and for everything else in and near the cities there's busses and trains everywhere.

Basically your culture choose to make you all dependent on commuting in cars. Mostly via the power of letting corporations decide for you.

It's just more profitable for them this way, you have to pay for the cars and the fuel and parking and the roads and the insurance and health care (because cars injure and kill soooo many people). And they profit from all of it. And they use that profit to fund politicians who promote and support it all.

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