Won’t somebody think of the profits?
this article is literally about people doing this
Comment on Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars
lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Nooooo anything but more environmentally friendly vehicles that people can actually afford. Won’t somebody think of the profits?
SCB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
CeeBee@lemmy.world 11 months ago
more environmentally friendly vehicles
I wouldn’t call what’s coming out of China environmentally friendly
kameecoding@lemmy.world 11 months ago
not sure about environmentally friendly,friendlier sure, but a well developed public transit system and biking infrastructure beats any kind of car based infrastructure
GBU_28@lemm.ee 11 months ago
You.aaid the Lemmy catchphrase good job
kameecoding@lemmy.world 11 months ago
which is?
AA5B@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Complements. The reason we’re stuck in this auto-dystopia (are we auto-asphyxiating? ;-) is people wanting one size fits all infrastructure. Let’s apply this more intelligently this time - recognize that some areas are more built up than others. In general that can be a good thing, but we need interconnected services for everyone. That does include cars in many areas, although I agree a worthwhile goal for cities/town centers is that people not need a car
kameecoding@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The reason the US is a car dependent dystopia is because they let the auto industry dismantle a shitton of public infrastructure.
Just because you build public transport infrastructure doesn’t mean you can’t have your car, look at switzerland, netherlands, they have good public transport/bike infrastructure and still have cars.
Having great public transportation actually makes it better for people who only want to use cars, because it takes off a lot of people from the road who now have alternative options.
Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Holy based
kameecoding@lemmy.world 11 months ago
public transport should be literally everywhere, why shouldn’t it?
mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I also want to add that if public transit was more more common; it would EVENTUALLY spread to the rural areas just in a more limited fashion. Also, towns do build up as they age, it’s not like they are static.
dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 11 months ago
We need the incrementally more eco-friendly options as well. Most pickup truck driving office workers won’t suddenly get a bike and change their ways, so a more eco friendly personal vehicle is probably a lot more likely to reduce emissions for that demography.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I am not sure that buying a brand new car offsets more than just using your existing car, so there is time to make those people change their ways
IHadTwoCows@lemm.ee 11 months ago
MAGLEV TRAINS OR GTFO!!
kameecoding@lemmy.world 11 months ago
way overkill and not needed in most places.
echodot@feddit.uk 11 months ago
I’m sorry but if maglev trains are an option I want my damn maglev train.
Anyways since we already don’t have public transport we might as well not have magic magnetic hovering public transport.
systemglitch@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Says someone who lives exclusively in a city
franklin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Trains and trans are a more cost effective and environmentally friendly way to transport the masses. It can work to a surprisingly small populations as evidenced by all of the small disparate towns in Switzerland, Norway and Denmark that depend on them.
Of course no solution works everywhere, we can’t depend on cars everywhere but they should not be our first option.
buzz86us@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The US used to have robust systems of transit, but they’ve largely been demolished
AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 11 months ago
People seem to forget that there was a time before cars, where people had to rely on public transport alone.
AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 11 months ago
Most people live in a city. In Australia and NZ it’s around 90%, in China, Europe and Canada for sure over 50%.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t actually, I live in a small town, and I see american style suburbs popping up and it’s fucking disgusting
Strykker@programming.dev 11 months ago
Man over 90% of the population is most countries lives in a fucking city.
Helping them get off cars would be a massive improvement.