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Biden promised to install thousands of EV charging stations. Only 7 have been built [so far] (wapo.st)
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“State transportation agencies are the recipients of the money,” he said. “Nearly all of them had no experience deploying electric vehicle charging stations before this law was enacted.”

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Here in Australia, I'd LOVE to know what infrastructure that could be. We have extensive trains and buses.

It also won't help my hiking group, unless you propose they send buses to the middle of our national forests?

Infrastructure does help a lot of people, BUT, not everyone. Both are needed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (4 children)

There are trains that go to forests in Europe. That's not really a far fetched thing at all. There are busses that can take you to national forests in the US of all places.

Yeah, that's totally a thing and it could be more of a thing if we stopped spending so much money on absolutely the wrong things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I don't think you do much hiking do you...

For starters, Australia has a much lower density than Europe. And some of the hikes we go on during winter, its generally only us.

There are buses going to some here in Australia too, the touristy ones.

Some of the walks we go to are dead quiet, and sometimes we finish late at night.

Wouldn't work at all here. Sorry. And I suspect you say "Europe" instead of being specific because you're referring to tourist traps

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I used to go backpacking a lot, but I haven't been since I got shot. I'm looking forward to bike camping now that I'm no longer in the US.

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