solarpunk memes

Working from home is the best. Not everyone can do it, but those who can, should be allowed to. Return to office isn’t for us, it’s for them.

Oh boy more of the same. Can I still have a side of billion dollar rail lines desired by those who don't own property and a complaint about houses being to expenaive and wages too small?

Come up with some new shit. Like how many Republicans and democrats you got to have sex. And why doesnt language translate for man's oldest friend.....a dog.

This is true for dense cities, but not in more rural and semi-suburban areas.

US public transportation is pathetic, but prior to the 1960's it was quite extensive only to be destroyed by the oil and automobile lobbyists.

It's also collectivizing the solution rather than expecting us each to address the problem on an individual level that doesn't change the status quo one iota.

You also need to fix the karen problem that plagues society. I don't like getting called a slur or "go back to where you came from", and its very bad when you're stuck inside the small space as them. (By "karen" I don't mean just white women, but the attitude of some people, anyone can become a karen)

I agree, but, this country, unfortunately, is built around cars now, and I certainly can’t walk to work as it would take hours, same with biking.

We need more public transportation, but we also need electric cars.

Walking/biking > public transportation > used EV > used IC with decent fuel economy > new EV > new or low fuel economy IC.

A lot of cities were designed around cars. In Cities Skyline you can just bulldoze entire neighbourhoods and completely change the roads and transit. Unfortunately in real life you can't easily bulldoze people's homes, and transit networks can take a decade to build.

Global warming is a problem now, and perfect is the enemy of good enough. We know EVs aren't the ideal solution, but it's important part of a solution that involves improved transit, better quality of life in dense population centers AND EVs for neighbourhoods that were built in a car-centric past. Maybe in 100 years the suburbs won't exist and there won't be any need for cars, but if we wait 100 years to have perfectly designed transit friendly neighbourhoods we'll all be fucked.

Where I live there is 0 public transport. I charge my EV with my own solar panels. So I think I am okay.

Yes but much less profitable.

Something even easier to implement than public transit is treating e-scooters and e-bikes like first class citizens. Governments love to restrict their speed to make them uncompetitive with cars without an easy legal alternative.

My friend’s work is over an hour from his house by public transport—if public transport is working, and it’s a weekday. If it isn’t working well, if it’s late, if it’s a weekend or holiday, then it’s closer to two hours (or more).

It’s 15 minutes max by car.

And he lives in a place with good public transportation.

Until we improve how public transportation runs, so that it really is designed around how people need to get from A to B, cars are going to be the more popular choice.

In a car I am in constant conflict, constant in risk.

In a plane I am but a commodity, worth only my payment.

In a bus we are a union, to endure together, and one another.

In a train we are a tribe, fortified in goals, interests, as philosophers of old.

Yes but only if you run it competently.

Source: live in Ottawa.

Bike/Electric scooter + public transport is a peak mobility, but public transport isn't even built for that :(

What about electric public transit? EV buses are becoming quite popular in Korea.