• taladar@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      You could always tax by emissions and weight. EVs are not really the solution to the general car problem anyway. Mass transit is, at least in cities and other densely populated areas.

      • tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1 year ago

        I think we agree but I still need to point out: Individual transport will always be a requirement for living in rural areas. The “fuck cars” sentiment only makes sense in cities with more than ~3 million inhabitants.

        • Arbic@feddit.de
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          1 year ago

          While I agree with the sentiment on cars in the city, I’d say that it is already viable in much smaller cities. I live in a city with 350k inhabitants and I’m doing quite well without a car.

          • tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de
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            1 year ago

            For sure. But forbidding cars doesn’t make sense until you have several millions of people in a single city.

        • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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          1 year ago

          What are you smoking lmao, do you seriously think anything below 3 million people is rural?

          rural is when it takes you an hour to reach the nearest grocery store by car.

          • andrai@feddit.de
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            1 year ago

            That’s not rural, that’s ultra remote wilderness. Like what place doesn’t have a grocery store in a 100km radius? Some place deep in the Australian outback?

            • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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              1 year ago

              Village of ~10k, nearest grocery store is 25min walk, 10min bike, 5min car.

              There are also three smaller stores a 2 min walk away. Europe for reference

              • andrai@feddit.de
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                1 year ago

                I sincerely doubt there is a a place in Europe outside of maybe remote Scandinavia or Russia where you can’t get to a grocery store after driving for an hour.