• JohnDClay
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    1 year ago

    ??? I hugely disagree that cars are a bigger problem than green house gas pollution. I can live in an unwalkable city. I probably can’t live on a +4°C earth.

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        1 year ago

        What’s your source on tires? This estimates 75k miles for tire replacement. That amount of gas would emit 30000kg of co2, vs 350 kg co2 for 4 tires.

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        1 year ago

        I think co2 ghgs global warming is by far the biggest environmental catastrophe coming our way. So the most important factor will be how will it impact co2 emissions.

        As I said, we should make alternatives to driving in cities as quickly as we can. But that will still take a while. What are you suggesting in the mean time? Not going places?

        EVs are much better than gas for minimizing co2 emissions. I think we should encourage them as a transitional solution till we have trains and walkable or bikeable cities.

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            1 year ago

            So should we not leave our homes for years? I don’t see what you’re proposing.

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                I’m not taking about you, I’m taking about me and millions of others who couldn’t walk or bike to where they work or get groceries, much less everything else. I am advocating for something better. But even if everyone was on board, it would still take years. And everyone else is very much not on board. I’m not giving up and accepting the status quo, I’m saying we need an transitional solution while we work to change things.

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                    1 year ago

                    you have to suffer to solve it

                    By staying inside for years? That’s what I was asking.

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        I usually visit my closest city for one of two reasons: 1) I have some kind of appointment or 2) I know some who lives there. Right now I’m able to drive there and park on the street. What should my alternative be once the city is “hostile” to cars? Remember, I live 30+ minutes away by car and take a highway to get there.