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except for the “cars are great” part.
Yeah… Excluding moron drivers you have:
- fucking dangerous for anyone outside the car
- killing millions every year
- main cause of death among those aged 15–29 years
- air pollution
- noise pollution
- one of the main sources of greenhouse emissions
- wasting space where it’s more valuable
- wasting money on subsides, directly and indirectly because of roads needed
- distorting urban growth to increase dependency on it
I’m probably still forgetting something important…
Yup.
Remember the headlines about the massive pollution drop that occurred in Spring 2020 after most workplaces went remote?
Cars and planes are the problem. Unfortunately, cars and planes make the billionaires a lot of money, so there won’t be any meaningful change to our transportation systems.
Interestingly the COVID lockdowns might be what launched the 15min city conspiracy into the mainstream. Climate deniers saw articles about how the covid lockdowns reduced emissions and warped that into the theory that 15 min cities are a plot to restrict personal movement.
Source: climate deniers playbook podcast aka the climate town peeps
- main cause of death among those aged 15–29
Is this an American thing? In Australia the leading cause is suicide, with auto accidents a distant second. However, it is the leading cause for 1-14 year olds.
It is at world level, according to WHO
https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-details/GHO/road-traffic-mortality
In the linked page the same WHO states that road fatalities are the leading cause of death “for children and young adults aged 5–29 years”:
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffic-injuries
