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Oxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities (theconversation.com)

submitted 2 years ago by dwazou@jlai.lu to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

The relevance is the difficulty in convincing people who live in cities designed for car traffic to stop driving and start walking. Distances are large enough to get significant push back.

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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago*

The cities need a glow up first. But it's more than just an infrastructure problem. To my knowledge there's no laws requiring grocery store chains to not have a monopoly or not be hella far away

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