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CalicoCooperFan
November 1, 2022 at 5:05 pm
This isn’t the 1400s. People have family spread out geographically. My friends and closest family members live 500 miles away from me. The nearest grocery story is 9 miles away. I’m not going to be able to transport 50 pounds of groceries by scooter. My place of employment is 30 miles away and they are asking for more days commuting to and from the office. Pediatrician is 20 miles away. How do you travel to and from a pediatrician with an infant on a scooter? Also, not everybody wants to live in an urban environment.
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November 1, 2022 at 6:05 pm
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November 1, 2022 at 5:22 pm
I agree. If you have a car listen up. You are the problem! You have a responsibility to reduce your impact on the planet. Use it less!
L. Wayne Mathison
November 1, 2022 at 5:27 pm
No. Take a hike.
timoonn
November 1, 2022 at 5:42 pm
Cars are now a cancer for our cities, and the country which will suffer the most is US’s.
Sine Nomine
November 1, 2022 at 5:47 pm
Meanwhile: billionaries and corrupt politicians use private jets and helicopters and pollute as much in a day as a peasant in a whole year driving.
CanadianCrypto
November 1, 2022 at 6:03 pm
A carbon free future! Wow! Can we get rid of all the other elements on the periodic table also? Anyone buying this man-made climate change BS is an uninformed (trained) fool. Keep it up, idiots.
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Aerium Four
November 1, 2022 at 6:30 pm
This is just a Ted talk on how you don’t understand non-urban living, and think everyone should live like you.
You think electricity will get CHEAPER when everything, including your ability to even get to work, relies on it? No.
If you want electric-everything, you need nuclear power. And a lot of it.
Remy Lebeau
November 1, 2022 at 6:58 pm
How about NO! You can shove your driving dictates and the “no gas cars” up yours.
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November 1, 2022 at 7:03 pm
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November 1, 2022 at 7:06 pm
The wealthiest 10% of people are responsible for nearly half the world’s CO2 emissions (c)
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November 1, 2022 at 7:17 pm
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Irving Peenwiddle
November 1, 2022 at 7:30 pm
If you feel carbon is a danger, as a carbon-based life form please remove yourself from the equation.
JENNI
November 1, 2022 at 7:39 pm
Or fix zoning laws so denser housing and communities isn’t illegal. That way more people can use other modes of transportation like electric bikes.
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Lenard Segnitz
November 1, 2022 at 8:41 pm
Mixed-use high-density. Build with retail and offices on the bottom two floors and residential above (3 or 4 floors). Industrial land use will probably have to remain segregated because of noise and pollution.
Kevin VanGelder
November 1, 2022 at 8:14 pm
The majority of transportation emissions come from the ultra-wealthy in their private jets, not car trips.
AccioTardis Alohomora
November 1, 2022 at 8:25 pm
If they make cities actually handicap accessible this would be possible. Lots of sidewalks and streets still have potholes that prevent this other than that I LOVE THIS IDEA!! I do understand its not fully accessible for people who live in the outskirts.
Lenard Segnitz
November 1, 2022 at 8:56 pm
High-density, mixed-use. Replace low-density single-family-detached homes with mid-rise buildings. Lowest two floors devoted to retail and offices, top three or four floors for residential. Replace sprawl with walkable cities. Almost everything a person would need within two city blocks.
Chris
November 1, 2022 at 8:34 pm
Imagine allowing people to work from home.
Jeff Scalfano
November 1, 2022 at 8:34 pm
Driving less…? Nope.
Олег Газин
November 1, 2022 at 8:44 pm
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TheVigilante2000
November 1, 2022 at 8:46 pm
The guy is a tech CEO. He says you should live poor, so he can live big. He will spend his money on a G20 and chauffeur driven Tesla. You can stick close to home or rind a bus. The nerve.
Dog Walker
November 1, 2022 at 8:48 pm
We don’t all live on flat cities, We have bad weather and hills that those toy scooters can’t cope with, and we have no public transport option.
Bri L
November 1, 2022 at 11:07 pm
The plan is to have the majority of the population packed and stacked in cities, no personal vehicles, only public transportation and of course your “fun” scooter.
indyola
November 1, 2022 at 11:27 pm
Automobiles are about 15% of the human-caused carbon emissions. Trucks make up about 9%.
We need to lean into more efficient transport, for sure. For example, trains are super-efficient, and can be made to run off of electricity directly, or from just about any fuel easily.
Another 3.5% for all aviation.
Another 3.5% for all ships.
Sam Young
November 1, 2022 at 11:33 pm
What about those of us who have EVs and charge them from renewables (solar arrays?)
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November 2, 2022 at 12:30 am
Yes! I wish my town was more walkable/bikeable…
Stuart Bogle
November 2, 2022 at 1:43 am
If I listen to people talk about climate change and I don’t hear the term “petrodollar” then I know these people don’t truly understand the problem.
Because climate change is a not a science problem, or an engineering problem, or a policy problem, or even a finance problem… it is a currency problem.
The worlds wealthy be it individuals, corporations, or governments have most of their assets in US dollars. The US dollar is backed by oil. It’s referred to as the “petrodollar”. Saudi Arabia will only accept US dollars for their oil. So if any country wants to buy Saudi oil they first have to go to a US bank and exchange their own currency for US dollars, inflating demand for dollars and thus it’s value. This is how the US dollar is “backed” by oil.
This started in 1971, it worked so well that the US dollar stayed the default global currency or “global reserve currency” even after we stopped backing the dollar with gold, i.e. the gold standard. So now the value of the dollar is determined by the worlds demand for oil because the rest of OPEC does the same.
This was a good thing at the time because it made the dollar a stable currency. Using it meant planning a long term budget was much easier, think the Weimar Republic.
This was long before climate change was well understood. Once climate change was better understood the worlds wealthy were not eager to do anything about it because if the world stopped needing oil, then the world would stop needing dollars and it’s value would drop and they would find themselves with a ton of currency that nobody wanted, i.e. they would be poor.
What makes things even worse is to keep the value of the dollar stable the US had to print more dollars as the global demand for oil grew. If the US didn’t do this the dollars value would have become unstable. A large increase in value can be just as bad and a large decrease. So there are more dollars around then there were back in 1971.
It’s gotten to the point now that if the world stops needing oil the value of the US dollar drops not only from lack of demand but also from a glut of supply.
Global warming will not truly be solved until the world, or rather the worlds elite, can agree on a common currency thats value is not determined by the worlds demand for oil, i.e. the petrodollar.
You might say what is required is a “global financial reset”, or a “second Bretton Woods”. Just so happens that the worlds wealthy are talking about just such a thing. You might have heard it’s about debt forgiveness. It is, but it is also about establishing a new default global currency.
Is it because they care about funding technology for fighting climate change? Possibly, but I think it has more to do with the fact that the US has sanctions on over 30 countries. Countries they would like to do business with but they can’t.
The way the global banking system is set up currently (SWIFT) is if you want to buy something internationally in US dollars, those dollars have to go through a US bank. Thus the US can stop any purchase once those dollars hit a US bank. Thus all this talk about a financial reset means that it appears that the global elite (or non-US and Saudi elite that is) are ready to move on from the petrodollar.
Once the worlds wealthy can decide on a new global reserve currency (and what it will be backed by like gold or block chain) they can start exchanging their dollars for it and that will allow them to invest in technology to fight climate change without destroying their wealth.
Some dude
November 2, 2022 at 1:55 am
People on government assistance should be the first ones to stop driving…Taxpayers gotta keep the world’s economic engine running….make it illegal to own a gas powered vehicle unless your employed…Great start
Victoria K
November 2, 2022 at 2:18 am
No
ashelee lee
November 2, 2022 at 2:52 am
Work from home helps reduce carbon foot print.
Not everyone has the luxury for scooters especially when they have kids and rainy weather like the PNW.
m
November 2, 2022 at 3:12 am
It starts with getting rid of all personal car ownership. Are you ready for that?
Seren
November 2, 2022 at 3:17 am
to drive less,people need support from their local town,but this is expensive.
Pandaboi
November 2, 2022 at 4:05 am
Started on “we should drive less” and ended on “we should built lower-emission e-scooters”. I feel like the focus should be on the infrastructure changes needed to make car-use less of a necessity.
Studio Skies And Water
November 2, 2022 at 4:26 am
the dislikes.
legit tho, people don’t care about environmentalism, veganism, ethics etc, because most people dont really have community, friends, a lot of happiness, etc.
Big Floppa_2003
November 2, 2022 at 12:12 pm
Bullshit. Here in my area you are basically fucked if you don’t have a car. I really had zero interest in driving until I found out that we barely have public transportation here
ikkedansk
November 2, 2022 at 7:03 am
factual wrong, it comes from deep sea oil drilling which often puncture huge gas pockets that releases so much gas that it makes other human co2 caused pollution, look like nothing
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Gionna
November 2, 2022 at 8:41 am
Carbon free future Only starts with producing LESS stuff. We are only revolving around the idea that humanity needs capitalism to work. And scooters are an absolute nightmare. Mind you I don’t own a car either.
Pierre P
November 2, 2022 at 8:48 am
What about making smartphones locally ? iPhones fly jumbo jets full of phones around the world daily. How much pollution is created from iPhones ?
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November 2, 2022 at 9:41 am
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November 7, 2022 at 6:15 am
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November 7, 2022 at 6:13 am
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November 2, 2022 at 11:18 am
this needs to be engrained in people’s heads. Today I wanted to bring my car in for service, it was appointed and moved because the parts didn’t arrive. I drive there, talk to the rep and he tells me “sorry, the parts aren’t here yet. We’ll call you when they’re here!”
I think to myself: the energy required to drive there to find this out is much less than the energy required to make a simple phone call informing me that the parts haven’t arrived yet…
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November 7, 2022 at 6:05 am
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November 2, 2022 at 11:24 am
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Dive Bar Casanova
November 2, 2022 at 2:26 pm
What a complete idiot. No clue how people live and work and enjoy their freedom. He’s another one of those people always telling everyone they are doing everything wrong.
letsTrySelfImprovement
November 2, 2022 at 5:19 pm
We need to end mixed use and multi-family zoning restrictions alongside ending building height restrictions so we can build denser housing and commercial areas where people can reasonably get to the things they want without a car. Also we need vastly more public transportation options so less people need to use cars on the regular. If you have problems with your house being too far away from everything for you to be able to survive without a car this is the root cause (at least for suburbs, truly rural areas like farming towns can embrace some more traditional rural village formats that centralize residences and shops to reduce their transportation needs but these generally aren’t actually a big problem in terms of car use unlike the suburbs and better electric vehicles would help curb their emissions) as there is no realistic way for anyone to make living convenient in those areas due to the restrictive zoning systems in use there. We have to make it easier for people to get approval to build and add on to their homes like we traditionally do as a species, where people would add whole extra levels and new dwellings to their property for their descendants to live in or to rent out to others, where people were allowed to convert parts of their homes into commercial spaces and workshops to run businesses catering to the public and their community. The sheer expense of moving to cities for those who want to are restricted by similar things as we artificially raise costs of improved urban density by these zoning restrictions as well as discriminating and even banning prefabricated construction techniques that actually lower the cost of housing for people. What we need are walkable cities and towns, ubiquitous public transit, and affordable housing to really tackle climate change on top of our green energy and agricultural transitions. Also no one should be allowed to prohibit you from installing a wind turbine, installing solar panels, growing trees, growing native plants, or raising food on their property, any HOA or Municipality attempting to prohibit this (barring instances where somebody is trying to grow something that is actively hazardous to the local ecosystem or install green energy sources incorrectly in such a way that is a proactive safety risk) should be immediately subject to Federal penalties for rights infringement and being counter to our goal of combatting climate change.
Steven Kraft
November 2, 2022 at 6:29 pm
Thinking back on < 5 mile trips I took the last couple weeks. Trip 1: Went to my local supermarket to get Halloween candy. Couldn't avoid taking the car in case my local store didn't have Halloween candy, last year they didn't, which then started about a 20 mile drive before I found a store with candy and got home. Trip 2: Picking up pizza for dinner. Needed the car because carrying pizza on a bike or scooter is difficult to impossible. Trip 3: Attending a non-profit meeting. Needed the car because I had agreed to pick up a not-too-well neighbor who wanted to attend as well. So, 3 short drives, each of them unfortunately requiring the car.
Elijah Perrin
November 2, 2022 at 8:30 pm
Snow and ice 4 months a year… Good luck.
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November 7, 2022 at 6:18 am
I can’t believe it either.
Noor Khan
November 3, 2022 at 12:55 am
I moved from a third-world country to a first-world country to work hard and enjoy the luxuries of this society. I will not allow some Privileged American to tell me I should start driving less.
ryonhi jin
November 3, 2022 at 3:47 am
a god damn china spy.
Justin Chaney
November 3, 2022 at 7:26 am
How about Billionaires stop flying private first before they lecture us about driving to work?
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November 7, 2022 at 6:20 am
They’re just trying to help. They are really good people.
Andy Cordy
November 3, 2022 at 7:44 am
PLEASE can this man be head honcho at General Motors Please?
Gaasuba Meskhenet
November 3, 2022 at 2:42 pm
Fund public transportation!!
狐夢美
November 3, 2022 at 6:18 pm
FINALLY I’ve been saying this since the start of the pandemic! I noticed once we went on lockdown that the air got insanely cleaner for the week that next to no one was driving. Everyone all on their high horse about how the meat industry is causing all the carbon emissions to advocate for their veganism in any way they can without looking at the facts.
These are the facts.
Humans have been farming livestock for 10,000 years longer than they’ve been driving vehicles. The rise in carbon emissions and the greenhouse effect started with the industrial revolution which also happened to bring thousands of gas-powered cars onto the road and spike that tremendously. It has literally nothing to do with the food we eat and everything to do with the luxury people assume is a necessity called “driving a personal vehicle”.
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November 7, 2022 at 6:12 am
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Andy Sierra
November 4, 2022 at 7:42 pm
This just means that the masses go back to the stone age while the elites that rule the world live and act like gods
Zachary Potvin
November 5, 2022 at 3:32 am
Try that where I live and it gets 40 degrees below zero. Lmao
Hunter
November 7, 2022 at 4:49 am
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November 7, 2022 at 6:22 am
We must ban air travel as AOC suggested. That would be a great first step. No more folks. Just stay home and you can order stuff you need on Amazon.
Nicole Z
November 7, 2022 at 2:08 pm
His voice sounds like TED-ED