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Automobiles did trigger the destruction of most cities.
by maxwell 5y ago
Automobiles did trigger the destruction of most cities.
- navane 5y agoWhereas before cars, big cities were drowning in horse shit. https://www.uu.nl/en/research/urban-futures-studio/initiatives/mixed-classroom-techniques-of-futuring/mobility-museum-2050/the-great-manure-crisis https://www.uu.nl/en/research/urban-futures-studio/initiativ...
- maxwell 5y agoManure is a valuable commodity. That was a logistics problem. Now we're all suffocating in CO2 instead.
- wtfrmyinitials 5y agoThat’s why the comparison is apt. “Cars are were bad for cities” isn’t a remotely hot take, and yet nobody claims that the invention of the car was a net-negative for the world.
- maxwell 5y agoI claim that automobiles have been a net-negative for the world. You'd argue the rollout of automobiles has been a net-positive? By which metric(s)?