Comment Comment by cyberax > Surely a person driving 18 people will emit less than each person driving themselves?No. A person driving themselves does not create any _incremental_ CO2 emissions. They don't need a dedicated full-time position to do the driving.> There is countless research showing buses emit less than individual cars per passenger per km, self-driving or not.Care to share it? I actually read through most of highly cited articles in this area, and it's not at all so clear-cut. For example: https://ourworldindata.org/travel-carbon-footprint parent cyberax 2 months ago
No. A person driving themselves does not create any _incremental_ CO2 emissions. They don't need a dedicated full-time position to do the driving.
> There is countless research showing buses emit less than individual cars per passenger per km, self-driving or not.
Care to share it? I actually read through most of highly cited articles in this area, and it's not at all so clear-cut. For example: https://ourworldindata.org/travel-carbon-footprint