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Re:Gas Engines, and the People Behind Them, Are Cast Aside f... by taxicabjesus on Sunday July 25, 2021 @02:06AM (#27947099)
Cities should be built for people, not cars. If people lived in cities that are as dense as pre-automobile cities were, most people could get by without their own personal automobile. Trains are relatively efficient and clean.

I think of asphalt as a waste product of petroleum refining. What are roads supposed to be paved with, when there is not any asphalt to cover them?

"'Non-exhaust particulate matter (PM) emissions by source and car size.' Electric vehicles will solve nothing of these problems." - https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/1386491243413135362

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Re:Gas Engines, and the People Behind Them, Are Cast Aside f... by adrianN on Sunday July 25, 2021 @02:21AM (#27947166)
That is of course a good idea that I fully support, but remodeling cities will take way too long to meet climate targets. Also, a rather large fraction of the kilometers driven don't happen in cities. Public transportation in rural areas is quite difficult to set up because of the low density.
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