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Surur t1_j1uret7 wrote

Reply to comment by KingRamesesII in Driverless cars and electric cars being displayed as the pinnacle of future transportation engineering is just… wrong. Car-based infrastructure is inefficient, bad for the environment and we already have better technologies in other fields that could help more. An in depth analysis by mocha_sweetheart

> Trains are the most efficient mode of transportation humans have invented

A family driving to the beach by EV is actually more energy efficient than the same family taking an electric train, and massively more efficient than if they were to take a diesel train.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiency_in_transport

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_j1urgjl wrote

Energy efficiency in transport

>The energy efficiency in transport is the useful travelled distance, of passengers, goods or any type of load; divided by the total energy put into the transport propulsion means. The energy input might be rendered in several different types depending on the type of propulsion, and normally such energy is presented in liquid fuels, electrical energy or food energy. The energy efficiency is also occasionally known as energy intensity. The inverse of the energy efficiency in transport, is the energy consumption in transport.

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