Sam Butler · @sambutlerUS
282 followers · 290 posts · Server kolektiva.social
Re: https://twitter.com/GlobalEcoGuy/status/1693069644356030547
When people trade-in their gas cars for EVs, their gas cars are re-sold to other countries and keep on polluting.
(https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/21/africa/west-africa-benin-used-cars-climate-intl/index.html)
Tire pollution (the microplastics and metal pollutants that come off tires as people drive) is 2000x worse than tailpipe emissions, and EVs don't help with this.
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/09/tire-brake-tailpipes-emissions-pollution-cars/)
3,000 pound vehicles for personal transportation make these problems inescapable.
The only thing that makes sense is transitioning beyond cars in general.
#FuckCars #Mobility #Bikes #Transit #PublicTransit #CarFree #StrongTowns #EVs #Bicycles #Cycling #Walking #WalkableCommunities #PublicSpaces #SafeStreets #Housing #Density #Urban #Urbanism #TacticalUrbanism #Climate #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Sustainability #SustainableTransitions
#fuckcars #mobility #bikes #transit #publictransit #carfree #strongtowns #evs #bicycles #cycling #walking #walkablecommunities #PublicSpaces #safestreets #housing #density #urban #urbanism #tacticalurbanism #climate #climateemergency #ClimateCrisis #sustainability #sustainabletransitions
Richard Hull · @Richard_Hull
788 followers · 454 posts · Server social.coop
@SteveKLord https://social.coop/@PeterBronez@hachyderm.io Thank you for this. I'm interested in the incredibly wide variety of alternatives that are emerging all around the world - some of them are mentioned in the wonderful (and freely downloadable) book 'Pluriverse: A Post Development Dictionary'.
#Utopias #Pluriverse #CommunityEconomies #SustainableTransitions #Degrowth https://degrowth.org/2018/04/14/new-book-pluriverse-a-post-development-dictionary/
#utopias #pluriverse #communityeconomies #sustainabletransitions #degrowth
Kimberley Crofts · @ktcita
148 followers · 206 posts · Server aus.socialHi all. Adding to the #introduction threads (or whatever I should call them). I’m a #designer and #phd candidate in #design for #SustainableTransitions at #UTS on #Gadigal land. My research is exploring how to embrace a more #collective and equitable approach to knowledge generation and decision-making around #transitions particularly in the phasing out of #fossilfuels.
#introduction #designer #phd #design #sustainabletransitions #UTS #gadigal #collective #transitions #fossilfuels