PapaSkwat@lemmy.today to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoWe don’t just need electric cars, we need fewer carswww.greenpeace.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWe don’t just need electric cars, we need fewer carswww.greenpeace.orgPapaSkwat@lemmy.today to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
Interesting article from 2018. But nothing has changed at all. Even the electric cars I see on the road are huge.
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoPublic transport is awesome for cities but for rural areas it doesn’t suffice
minus-squarethanksforreading@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoOK but most people live in cities so we can just fix that problem first.
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYes that’s true but the focus should really be on mass implementing it in cities and not on trying to force it on rural areas. Public transport is awesome for high density population areas but a bus with 4 people in it might as well have been a car.
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoDon’t you know? You have to fix every problem all at once or you shouldn’t even try. It’s the same reason we shouldn’t bother with renewables. /s
minus-squareCaptainKoerk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI life in a rural area, I use public transport.
minus-squareSailor Anarres@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoExcept it does. It’s not “cost effective” but can still be done.
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoEbikes and/or electric care are a much better solution for rural areas.
minus-squareSailor Anarres@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoDisagree strongly
Public transport is awesome for cities but for rural areas it doesn’t suffice
OK but most people live in cities so we can just fix that problem first.
Yes that’s true but the focus should really be on mass implementing it in cities and not on trying to force it on rural areas.
Public transport is awesome for high density population areas but a bus with 4 people in it might as well have been a car.
Don’t you know? You have to fix every problem all at once or you shouldn’t even try. It’s the same reason we shouldn’t bother with renewables.
/s
I life in a rural area, I use public transport.
Except it does. It’s not “cost effective” but can still be done.
Ebikes and/or electric care are a much better solution for rural areas.
Disagree strongly