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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rubber tires are like half the pollution.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And they cause more of the noise pollution than sensible exhaust systems do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We need nationalized electric railways and buses. Cars don't need to disappear in order to increase access to better options. Governments need to stop lining the pockets of the automotive and oil industries by forcing us to rely on them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

But instead, Car Companies literally buy up public transportation and the close it off and we're stuck with only cars as an option... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

And you’d have to garner popular support. North America should be renamed “Carbrainistan” because of how attached people are to having a vehicle and taking it everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

honestly if we could just stop subsidizing car infrastructure then it would naturally sort itself out. Public transportation is more sustainable and provides a stronger economic impact

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Now, we’re also subsidizing cars.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

yea for sure. We generally just need to stop providing socialism asymmetrically to systems and entities that dont benefit people on a national level