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kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

You fail to see how basing an economy on the premise of (almost) everyone relying on 1.5ton machine to get around? I fail to see what’s so difficult to see

While relatively better, it’s still incredibly wasteful

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the_third@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
So, what do we do with this insight?

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- WhiteHawk@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  We keep complaining, obviously.
  
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- Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  buy a moped?
  
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  - afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah I am not doing that again. It was fun when I was single but not so much when you have kids. Yes I have done the sidecar thing and yes I have been to regions of the world where this is the norm. Not doing it again, all it takes is one accident and my family will be dead.
    
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  - the_third@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I have an electric bike for those instances where I only need to transport myself and a backpack. But then again, I’ve got a few hectars of forest to take care of, family within a 100km radius and a girlfriend and a dog, so riding my bike is not always an option.
    
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- s_s@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Encourage investment in public transit.
  
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  - the_third@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yes, a noble idea, sure, but what do I do now with the ressources available to me? I am not a politician, people here laugh about the green party because most of them are farmers, land owners and factory workers, so voting green has some sort of meaning for the stats but doesn’t impact anything. I don’t own a company, I’m not responsible for public transport or any decisions related to it so what I can do is:
    
    turn most of my appliances to running on electricity
    
    make as much electricity as possible locally from renewables
    
    Hence, electric cars. Oh yeah, and taking the bike when possible, I do that.
    
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