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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[โ€“] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No passenger rail. It's car or a once a week bus that doesn't even stop in the town my family lives in.

[โ€“] Madison420@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago

That's an infrastructure problem you can help solve and regardless going on long trips for most people is 100% optional.