grue@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoOxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero citiestheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square264fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down118file-textcross-posted to: environment@beehaw.orgclimate@slrpnk.netgreen@lemmy.ml
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minus-squaredogs0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·7 days agoMight be less of a difference than we would think since every shared car would presumably become multiple bikes. Eg: Family of 4 that have 1 car, turns into 4 bikes? Of course big oil wouldn’t like that very much. Screw you big oil, you are a turd.
minus-squarechramies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoAround here families of four probably have at least two cars. I didn’t realise what ‘car-dependency’ looked like until I moved out of London. People tell me, “You don’t have transport,” but I walk, I have a bike, I get the bus or the train.
Might be less of a difference than we would think since every shared car would presumably become multiple bikes.
Eg: Family of 4 that have 1 car, turns into 4 bikes?
Of course big oil wouldn’t like that very much. Screw you big oil, you are a turd.
Around here families of four probably have at least two cars. I didn’t realise what ‘car-dependency’ looked like until I moved out of London. People tell me, “You don’t have transport,” but I walk, I have a bike, I get the bus or the train.