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throwaway27448 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Hyperscalers have already outspent most famous US ...

It's not clear that Waymo is an improvement over existing infrastructure so much as ensuring that fewer humans benefit from each car ride (which was already pathetically low).

rangestransform 3 months ago [–]

It’s an improvement over spending 1b/mi building public transit in HCOL car dependent areas

throwaway27448 3 months ago | [–]

Yes but then you get infrastructure. Investing more in cars is just taking on more debt your grandkids will have to pay off.

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