@grue@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoOxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero citiestheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square238arrow-up11.09Kfile-textcross-posted to: bikecommuting@lemmy.mlenvironment@beehaw.orgclimate@slrpnk.netgreen@lemmy.mlfuck_cars@lemmy.mlbicycles@lemmy.ca
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minus-square@dogs0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish11•2 months 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-square@chramies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months 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.