So much this! Electric cars also take up the same amount of space and don't solve traffic. Plus they use so much more resources with less efficiency of moving people. Making them self driving and fast comes into conflict with pedestrians and cyclists in dense urban environments. Would rather see high speed electric trains for long distances and trolleys, light rail, busses, and bike lanes for getting around the city.
We live on a finite planet. "More" can't last forever. That why people talk about degrowth. Growth is unsustainable on our planet. Either we degrow with control, or we collapse.
I suggest you play with the recently added timeline feature on Google Maps: notice how close we are as a species to a bacteria colony in a Petri dish. The forest areas of the world are especially impressive. You can see "mold" spreading on them at exponential speed.
We have finite resources on this planet. At a certain point we're gonna have a hard time finding the materials needed for things. Putting those resources into shared infrastructure like public transit means a more efficient use of those materials to benefit more people. A city bus can hold 42 people and uses far less resources and street space than 42 personal vehicles.
I think they mean in the sense you shouldn’t need to drive everywhere for everything. Or possibly there could be a system to share or rent electric cars so you don’t need to own one.
fromanator|4 years ago
thepangolino|4 years ago
The solution to modern problems shouldn’t ever be “less”. It ought the be more!
lwouis|4 years ago
I suggest you play with the recently added timeline feature on Google Maps: notice how close we are as a species to a bacteria colony in a Petri dish. The forest areas of the world are especially impressive. You can see "mold" spreading on them at exponential speed.
fromanator|4 years ago
reidjs|4 years ago
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