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7 billion people don’t need 7 billion cars. Many dense cities don’t require cars, and many households don’t need one car per person. Our multitude of battery d
by rm_-rf_slash 9y ago
7 billion people don’t need 7 billion cars. Many dense cities don’t require cars, and many households don’t need one car per person. Our multitude of battery devices use far less lithium than a single car. Yes the math sucks but it’s not as bad as it looks.
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- dboreham 9y agoFor reference the USA has around 0.8 vehicles per person (including children).
- rm_-rf_slash 9y agoUSA is poorly designed. We can thank GM for that. Europe is accessible without cars because of city density.
- dboreham 9y agoI grew up in Europe. This is an exaggeration. Heck, even when I lived in London the location of my house vs my office made it pretty much impossible to commute except by car.
- rm_-rf_slash 9y agoI don’t know if London is the best example. It wasn’t really designed at all over the last 2000 years, it just grew and grew and infrastructure had to grow around it. Personally I found Italian cities like Rome and Ravenna to be cozy and walkable. Polish cities too were also quite accessible without cars.