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[-] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day

I said Im not gonna do that

we're talking about the death of millions from climate catastrophe in the next hundred years and you're being myopic.

It's gonna happen anyway

no one asked you to ride a bike, what the actual fuck are you commenting if you don't have an opinion to express

No one asked you to comment on me commenting that I'm not gonna ride a bike

[-] Llituro@hexbear.net 15 points 6 days ago

you're on the urbanism comm, c/doomer is that way. you're getting push back because being a nihilist is profoundly antisocial, and this is a comm about making urban environments better in our society.

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

I said Im not gonna do that

Why not?

[-] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

gestures around the sweltering heat, visibly shimmering over the asphalt

it's hot

I live 30 miles from work

It's not going to change anything re: climate change (this is the vote with your wallet of hexbear)

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago

gestures around the sweltering heat, visibly shimmering over the asphalt

How come there's so much asphalt?

It's not going to change anything re: climate change (this is the vote with your wallet of hexbear)

Why do you feel adressed by an article that proposes changing urban transportation if you live 30 miles from your work?

[-] xj9@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

see, this is where a train would come in. A quick bike ride to the station then 28mi on an air conditioned train and another quick bike ride to work. Putting cars at the end forces a lot more asphalt and parking problems, but a shuttle or local bus route could help if its really too hot to spend a few minutes on a bike to get from the stations to your destination.

an electric scooter could also help if you just really hate the bike form factor. any light or ultralight EV is going to be better than driving around in a wagon.

i would also add that aggregate decisions do matter, but only in aggregate. you riding a bike, individually, won't change shit, but everyone collectively using cars or not using cars makes a huge difference in air quality, carbon emissions, and pollution levels.

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