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150 sats \ 6 replies \ @zuspotirko 26 Jul 2022 \ parent \ on: WEF Calls to End ‘Wasteful’ Private Car Ownerships to fight climate change 🤡 bitcoin
As someone living in a city with good infrastructure I can agree.
The biggest lever are short travel distances when housing, supermarkets, schools, parks and everything are in walking distance there just is less traffic full stop. With less traffic we just have enough space for dedicated bike lanes and even inter-city bike highways. A 3d use of space with subways multiplies this effect.
When these things just work many people don't want to own cars anymore (expensive and draining due to constant upkeep and repair). And those who do want to own cars just can because we have the space left to afford it.
*"When these things just work": exactly. Wait until your subway pass stops working because you said the wrong thing on Twitter.
I agree with you (I don't own a car anymore) but it's important to zoom out and see the big picture.
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Wait until your subway pass stops working because you said the wrong thing on Twitter
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Maybe drink less of that FoxNews paranoia Kool Aid.
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Part of the public transportation in my country is basically run by the chinese, surveillance cameras everywhere. You are probably not aware of what happens in China, and we are not far from that.
FoxNews? Maybe you shouldn't assume everbody lives in the US.
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THIS EXACTLY. Having your own car that's not electric and not controlled by software updates will be the epitome of freedom in the future. I'd bet anything that Teslas can get locked remotely, and electric car charging infrastructure can be shut down in a heartbeat.
There's authoritarianism all over the world. Britain has fully embraced creating a CBDC and a surveillance state. It's not all about the US, where some semblance of freedom still exists.
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отвези мои 3 арбуза на 25 км от рынка.
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No urban person in my city lives more than 10 walking minutes from a supermarket or 10 bike minutes from a organic farmers market. And only cars from rural people driving in means there are almost no cars.
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