Austin Kocher, PhD 🌎Know what’s better for the planet than luxury electric cars by a factor of a gadzillion? Not actually constructing our entire social and economic geography around auto-mobility. Geography, not technology, is the key to sustainability.
drfourny@austinkocher Exactly. Maybe the personal car isn’t a good model to conserve forever.
Masa 🙇🏻♂️@austinkocher agree with everything except the last sentence. Technology will still play a key role (it's what's allowing us to share ideas, after all, for one). I would say geo-specific technology. Subways make sense in a big city, but not rural America.
@Masa Valid point.
Ryan Mann@austinkocher This would also equal the playing field for people who are blind or have other disabilities that keep them from driving vehicles.
Johnny ZThat's all well and good, except when you live in the middle of nowhere like me. No grocery stores, no gas stations and no public transportation, or even private transportation within 15 miles. My EV serves me well.
Peter Brown@austinkocher
I think the move to ban private motor vehicles from CBDs is a good move. Developing and redeveloping suburbia to be careless would also help. There are models out there. Need better public transport.I am isolated where I live so a car is required but you can plan and minimise usage . Hard to know the value of a shift to EV, have the solar to run it but initial cost and discarding old vehicle is questionable environmentally as well I think. Anyone done any sums on that?
I think the move to ban private motor vehicles from CBDs is a good move. Developing and redeveloping suburbia to be careless would also help. There are models out there. Need better public transport.I am isolated where I live so a car is required but you can plan and minimise usage . Hard to know the value of a shift to EV, have the solar to run it but initial cost and discarding old vehicle is questionable environmentally as well I think. Anyone done any sums on that?
Erich Schulz@austinkocher this would be fine if we didn't have enormous stocks of legacy housing that is built around car-dependency.