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Its lower, but is it nonexistent? I take a cab in Shinjuku and I'm still in traffic. The parent seems to be actually talking about AUTOMOBILES in more than j
by FilterSweep 9y ago
Its lower, but is it nonexistent? I take a cab in Shinjuku and I'm still in traffic.
The parent seems to be actually talking about AUTOMOBILES in more than just the modern scope. There is a bit of a bigger paradigm shift at play here if you were to consider a world without automobiles.
- 24gttghh 9y agoI'm not buying it. Cars are good for short-term economics but not human health. No car: walk/bike to the store/work; get aerobic exercise Car: sit on your ass and pump harmful fumes and CO2 into the atmosphere and let your muscles and bones atrophy away
- zip1234 9y agoI used to work construction. I usually had to drive 15 to 45 minutes to get to a job, which could be almost anywhere. No way could I walk, bike, or take public transport. Cars are wonderful but I understand wanting to make them cleaner, more appropriately sized, and more efficient in general.
- brndnmtthws 9y agoIn NYC I see plenty of construction workers taking the subway every day.
- valuearb 9y agoNo automobiles, no food in your bodega, no deliveries from amazon. No tractors, no combines, mass starvation.
- 24gttghh 9y agoTractors != automobiles. I think we could easily use autos less and have a net improvement in health; many people do just that.
- valuearb 9y agoHow do you think things and people get to and from farms? Before the invention of the automobile we were an impoverished agricultural nation where huge numbers were forced to work brutal farm jobs to feed themselves and the rest.