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Friday, 2 April 2021
quote [ When we compared the life cycle of each travel mode, taking into account the carbon generated by making the vehicle, fuelling it and disposing of it, we found that emissions from cycling can be more than 30 times lower for each trip than driving a fossil fuel car, and about ten times lower than driving an electric one. ]
Keep on riding! Hopefully, you got some options there.
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steele said @ 4:04pm GMT on 3rd April
I've been completely disabused of my notions about self-driving electric cars being helpful for the future after visiting the UK and seeing a halfway decently implemented public transportation infrastructure. Being on the trains were awesome! Unfortunately the US is designed around cars, our owners rely on cars to fuel their machinations, and even when our shitty politicians claim to be for upgrading our rail infrastructure it's half ass promises that will likely never come to fruition.
Seriously, even though I'm looking to buy a van soon, what I wouldn't give for an affordable (preferably free, but at least cheaper than flying) cross country high speed rail that I could hop on with a bike, my cat, and a backpack.
steele said @ 4:05pm GMT on 3rd April
I've been completely disabused of my notions about self-driving electric cars being helpful for the future after visiting the UK and seeing a halfway decently implemented public (unfortunately privatized) transportation infrastructure. Being on the trains were awesome! Unfortunately the US is designed around cars, our owners rely on cars to fuel their machinations, and even when our shitty politicians claim to be for upgrading our rail infrastructure it's half ass promises that will likely never come to fruition.
Seriously, even though I'm looking to buy a van soon, what I wouldn't give for an affordable (preferably free, but at least cheaper than flying) cross country high speed rail that I could hop on with a bike, my cat, and a backpack.
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steele said @ 4:04pm GMT on 3rd April
I've been completely disabused of my notions about self-driving electric cars being helpful for the future after visiting the UK and seeing a halfway decently implemented public (unfortunately privatized) transportation infrastructure. Being on the trains were awesome! Unfortunately the US is designed around cars, our owners rely on cars to fuel their machinations, and even when our shitty politicians claim to be for upgrading our rail infrastructure it's half ass promises that will likely never come to fruition.
Seriously, even though I'm looking to buy a van soon, what I wouldn't give for an affordable (preferably free, but at least cheaper than flying) cross country high speed rail that I could hop on with a bike, my cat, and a backpack.
