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Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities (theconversation.com)
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Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were electric now, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the world’s fossil fuel car fleet.

The emission savings from replacing all those internal combustion engines with zero-carbon alternatives will not feed in fast enough to make the necessary difference in the time we can spare: the next five years. Tackling the climate and air pollution crises requires curbing all motorised transport, particularly private cars, as quickly as possible. Focusing solely on electric vehicles is slowing down the race to zero emissions.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What do you mean? You can use the sidewalks that randomly end for no reason, use bridges with 3ft of space right next to the car lane, and oblivious drivers on their phones using the whole lane and some of the next.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

And it is against the Law to ride a Bicycle on the Sidewalk here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

It's Texas, so do what Texans do best: force others to recognize your space. Take the lane, or get something like this, up to you if you want to stick something sharp on the end :) But you may want to be armed if you go the more aggressive route.