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Re:The world is losing the war against climate change by btrettel on Monday August 06, 2018 @12:38PM (#17699180)
> cars prey on our weakness for comfort & convenience, and the cities we live in are designed to accommodate cars, not bicycles.

I agree.

Cars break a feedback loop between how far you travel and how tired you are. Bikes merely modify this feedback loop. As long as the feedback loop exists, energy use is constrained regardless of price. But this is also what makes cars so addictive.

Car dependency seems to have peaked in the US, so I am hoping to see a reduction in the future. Removing parking requirements would be a good start.

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Re:The world is losing the war against climate change by gascan on Monday August 06, 2018 @01:23PM (#17699647)
Yeah, I'm hopeful that we will reverse the dependency, but I think it needs to be more organic/grassroots than the Sierra Club can drive. We need to come to a collective understanding that we want more alternative forms of travel, for safety or economy or health or just to escape traffic jams.
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