destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoThe average American automobile now weighs over 2 tonnes and takes up almost 5 square meters of space.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square132linkfedilinkarrow-up1438arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1428arrow-down1imageThe average American automobile now weighs over 2 tonnes and takes up almost 5 square meters of space.lemmy.worlddestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square132linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days ago The Y scale on the third graph is a joke; that’s like a 4% change over 20 years. Wheelbase is not the same as vehicle length. I want to see that chart (a) starting at 0 sq. ft., and (b) going all the way back to the '50s.
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYeah, American cars have had a reputation as ‘land yachts’ for a long time.
I want to see that chart (a) starting at 0 sq. ft., and (b) going all the way back to the '50s.
Yeah, American cars have had a reputation as ‘land yachts’ for a long time.