one_ian_taylor Posted April 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 2, 2022 7 hours ago, Rds1983 said: People won't give up their cars. They're too lazy. See people doing journeys under a mile all the time. At my sons school I'm the only one who collects their kid on a bike (even a guy who runs a bicycle repair shop doesn't do it and uses his van). I think 2 or 3 other families occasionally walk but everyone else is in cars (usually a 4x4). My neighbour drives 600 yards to her work. That's true. Or rather, they won't give them up unless there's a really good reason to do so - a carrot or a stick in other words. Government isn't really willing to provide either. They would rather have everyone believe that it's relatively easy to switch to electric cars, and that's all we need to do, you can drive as much as you want. I'm not saying we shouldn't have electric vehicles, but to have a strategy that is wholly predicated on a switch to electric cars seems incredibly short sighted. It's switching one kind of resource dependency (oil) for another (nickel, other minerals, massive investment in nuclear and renewables etc - all of which have an environmental cost), when surely reducing dependency should be part of the plan. As an aside, I'm not sure what roads can/should be made of in a post hydrocarbon world - anyone have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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