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Close to our holiday tiny house is an massive shopping area that is completely designed for people coming and going by car. No trees, infrastructure for active travel modes is a joke and with the harsh strong sun everything looks and feels uninhabitable. A human made desert of streets and box shaped buildings.

#MoustacheBikes #Pedelec #Car #CombustionEngine

#Jacou

#Fujifilm #FujifilmXT3 #Viltrox28f4_5

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#MoustacheBikes #Pedelec #Car #CombustionEngine

Global sales of combustion engine cars peaked in 2017.

Global sales of combustion engine cars are well past their peak and are now falling.

Sales of electric cars, on the other hand, are growing quickly. They more than doubled in the three years from 2022 to 2025.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20240226-global-sales-of-combustion-engine-cars-peaked-in-2017?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Cars #CombustionEngine #Automotive #EV

Global sales of combustion engine cars peaked in 2017.

Global sales of combustion engine cars are well past their peak and are now falling. Sales of electric cars, on the other hand, are growing quickly. They more than doubled …

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Stop promoting and normalising high-carbon lifestyles
Amsterdam is banning ads for meat and fossil fuel products

"Cities from Amsterdam to Sydney are banning fossil fuel and meat advertising, using the same playbook that helped curb smoking."

"Burning fossil fuels is one of the key drivers of climate change, with transport, including cars, aviation and shipping, accounting for about a quarter of global emissions. Meat and dairy are responsible for the largest share of food-related greenhouse gas emissions. " >>
https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-amsterdam-banning-ads-for-meat/a-77054187
#advertising #FossilFuels #CombustionEngine #vehicles #cars #meat #pets #climate #consumption #TheDrive #tourism

Why is Amsterdam banning ads for meat?

Cities from Amsterdam to Sydney are banning fossil fuel and meat advertising, using the same playbook that helped curb smoking.

Deutsche Welle

If you want to understand the problems of the #German #CarIndustry , watch this movie counting and analyzing 1000 cars at an intersection in #Shanghai.

And then consider that the present German government tries to "extend the life of #CombustionEngine".
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WZKbEj39gEw&si=U9UcYKftScdE57jB

I Counted 1,000 Cars in China's Richest City

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@benfell @GhostOnTheHalfShell

...the #Automotive industry, which pushed the ecocidal #CombustionEngine for at least 30 years longer than was ecologically sensible and #Technologically feasible (because it remained highly profitable).
Thanks to #China, this
is now finally coming to an end (electric cars.)

Also, after the first #GreenRevolution 7), #Agriculture set on #MassProduction of crops instead of water-reduction of farming on a global scale. (https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109972629386382918)

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Bloomberg: The #EU is abandoning its plan to ban #combustion-engine #cars by 2035 following pressure from the industry.

#GM & #Hyundai Disappoint

GM and Hyundai announced today that they are partnering to co-develop five #vehicle models. In total, the #companies plan to produce and sell 800,000 units of these models per year. The problem is that these four models won’t be electric. They will be fully #fossilfueled, #combustionengine vehicles or will use #hybrid propulsion systems.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/06/gm-hyundai-disappoint/

GM & Hyundai Disappoint - CleanTechnica

GM and Hyundai announced today that they are partnering to co-develop five vehicle models. In total, the companies plan to produce and sell 800,000 units of these models per year. That’s a lot of vehicles. The target markets for four of these models will be in South America and Central ... [continued]

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