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I've never found the need to buy a car in my life. I'm 34. I commute everywhere by bicycle, and my partner (who also doesn't own a car) and I get heavy things d

I've never found the need to buy a car in my life. I'm 34. I commute everywhere by bicycle, and my partner (who also doesn't own a car) and I get heavy things delivered. It is possible, and, for the sake of the planet, I really think that this is a great thing that we should be celebrating. Most people on the planet live in cities, and I really think that we should try to wean them off fossil fuels.

romanoderoma 6y ago
Heavy things delivered means you are contributing to pollution as well as anybody else What's really polluting the atmosphere is not people's cars, it's the constant and unstoppable traffic of goods delivered from country to country for no real reason other than "economy of scale" A friend of mine has asked for an eye pencil replacement the other day because it was delivered of the wrong colour It costed a couple euros and came from Korea They gladly sent another one and picked up the old one For a two euros eye pencil Imagine what the fashion industry produces when it moves the 30 billion pounds of clothes that every year are discarded in UK Not to say that people don't pollute, but that the control should start on who produce the most pollution and also profit from it, not from the last ring of the supply chain
alibarber 6y ago
Sure - I lived in London for years and didn't own a car. I also commuted by bicylce and I thought it was great. Sometimes the highlight of my day! But people in general don't like having their options constricted even if it's for the greater good. It's human nature and I think the best ways forward are to get people excited about the electric future. 'In 10 years electric cars will be so good you'll forget we ever bothered with petrol' would probably be a more effective way to get people excited. Unfortunately that'd need to come from a pretty credible source, and they'd get the credit for it, and so in the absence of that - just make this law! It's easy, and who will be around in 10 years (in politics) anyway?... That's why I'm raising my eyebrows a bit at this.
jaharios 6y ago
Bikes are perfect for the city,expect when it is raining and when you have kids , yeah giving up cars and kids is the way to save the planet.

romanoderoma 6y ago

Heavy things delivered means you are contributing to pollution as well as anybody else What's really polluting the atmosphere is not people's cars, it's the constant and unstoppable traffic of goods delivered from country to country for no real reason other than "economy of scale" A friend of mine has asked for an eye pencil replacement the other day because it was delivered of the wrong colour It costed a couple euros and came from Korea They gladly sent another one and picked up the old one For a two euros eye pencil Imagine what the fashion industry produces when it moves the 30 billion pounds of clothes that every year are discarded in UK Not to say that people don't pollute, but that the control should start on who produce the most pollution and also profit from it, not from the last ring of the supply chain

alibarber 6y ago

Sure - I lived in London for years and didn't own a car. I also commuted by bicylce and I thought it was great. Sometimes the highlight of my day! But people in general don't like having their options constricted even if it's for the greater good. It's human nature and I think the best ways forward are to get people excited about the electric future. 'In 10 years electric cars will be so good you'll forget we ever bothered with petrol' would probably be a more effective way to get people excited. Unfortunately that'd need to come from a pretty credible source, and they'd get the credit for it, and so in the absence of that - just make this law! It's easy, and who will be around in 10 years (in politics) anyway?... That's why I'm raising my eyebrows a bit at this.

jaharios 6y ago

Bikes are perfect for the city,expect when it is raining and when you have kids , yeah giving up cars and kids is the way to save the planet.