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ylai@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One

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People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One

www.wired.com

ylai@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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Removing cars from urban areas means lower carbon emissions, less air pollution, and fewer road traffic accidents. So why are residents so resistant?
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    Not just conservatives.

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      Yah, Plenty of liberals shit them selves when you suggest giving an unalloyed good away for free.

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        Conservatives wouldn’t create libraries at all.

        Liberals will create libraries by contracting it to private companies who mismanage and embezzle.

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        Might be a fun social experiment to propose a public gun lending armory. Like a library, you can walk in and check-out an AK-47 for a day or week for free. But just like the library charges for printed pages, you would have to pay for the ammo.

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          I think there should be libraries for all sorts of things. For example, everyone on my street has their own lawnmower, trimmer, etc. And very rarely do people mow their lawns at the exact same time. It would be a lot more efficient if there was a place to check out the lawnmower to mow your lawn and put it away for someone else to use.

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            They are on the rise.

            https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_things

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