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I'm glad people like you are advocating for this sort of thing! Very important for quality of life and helps the environment tremendously. I also worry about t
by wilg 4y ago
I'm glad people like you are advocating for this sort of thing! Very important for quality of life and helps the environment tremendously.
I also worry about the pace that you mention, it's unfortunate that social change is so slow. It's also good that we have potential solutions that do not require it.
I think the right framing on this might be to treat it as a "friendly competition". Can urban planning enthusiasts beat the electric car industry at reducing carbon by 2050? Or something like that.
- epistasis 4y agoAfter five years of beating my head against the wall, and making a good number of friends in the process, but having zero concrete change, I think that the problem is the system. Our system is set up for maximum local control to prevent any non-car infrastructure, but with top-down enforced car infrastructure that's unstoppable. Local advocacy has been pointless, instead, state level laws that limit cities, and pull back undemocratic local control processes is the way to go. Nobody pays attention to local politics except a few wealthy homeowners, and so politicians only respond to these very few opinion makers. It's a losing game unless you're in your 60s, retired, and loaded with money. State level legislators have broader constituencies that try to serve every one.