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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 13h

This is today! We're looking forward to answering your questions.

FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · 1d

You can now post your questions in the reddit thread!

The AMA will start at 1pm EST / 10am PST tomorrow, Tuesday, November 4th.

@thewaroncars.bsky.social

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From the fuckcars community on Reddit: We are the co-authors of Life After Cars and the co-hosts of The War on Cars. AMA

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · 1d

You can now post your questions in the reddit thread!

The AMA will start at 1pm EST / 10am PST tomorrow, Tuesday, November 4th.

@thewaroncars.bsky.social

www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/c...

From the fuckcars community on Reddit: We are the co-authors of Life After Cars and the co-hosts of The War on Cars. AMA

Explore this post and more from the fuckcars community

www.reddit.com

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 4d

Save the date! We're doing an AMA on r/fuckcars on November 4th at 1 pm EST. Can't wait to discuss Life After Cars with one of the best online communities out there. @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Oct 3

tell me about it

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · Oct 1

I fucking hate driving

So

Much

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Sep 16

the wrong-way car driver

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Aug 30

Councillors in Portland are only allowed to hire 1 staff. In Ottawa councillors hire a team of 3-4 staff.

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Jun 2

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · Jun 1

Paging @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social 📟

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · Jun 1

Loop girl is doing the lords work on X

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

16/ In short, the bio-physical basis of our own existence is already under threat. This means we have to reduce our energy use to mitigate the damage we impose on the biosphere. One way to do this is by quickly restructuring our urban environments, like the following:

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

15/ If every country had the same car-centric land use and energy use requirements of the average American, the biosphere along with the global economy would quickly collapse.

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

14/ Unfortunately global human civilization is already exceeding the regenerative and assimilative capacities of supportive ecosystems. Building more car-centric infrastructure will only make things worse.

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

13/ If we want to ensure that future generations can thrive on this planet, the consumption of bioresources and the production of waste can't be allowed to exceed the regenerative and assimilative capacities of our supportive ecosystems.

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

12/ Well-adapted niches are non-disruptive and contribute to the structural integrity of the organism's relevant ecosystem.

Can we really say that car-centric infrastructure harmoniously integrates with our life-supporting ecosystems in a non-disruptive fashion?

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

11/ Ecologists talk about an organism’s “niche”. This describes the food, habitat, and related resource demands of an organism and the role that the organism has in maintaining the function and structure of its own life-supporting ecosystem.

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

10/ #EarthDay should be about reminding ourselves that humans, like all mammals, are organisms who live within the constraints imposed by the biosphere. When an organism exists outside of those constraints, the entropy generated will threaten the stability of all ecosystems.

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

9/ Now imagine how unaffordable car transportation will be in the coming decades when global energy demand increases, when minerals for EVs face supply issues, when fossil fuel prices increase, all while climate change gets worse and global financial systems become more fragile.

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

8/ Even in our current times (where energy is still relatively abundant and cheap), car dependency is expensive.

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

7/ Car-dependent urban infrastructure simply isn't sustainable. The price of energy is only going to increase. Given this reality, it's our responsibility to future generations to ensure that their built environment facilitates low-energy and affordable mobility options.

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

6/ Even if we tried to convert all ICE cars to EVs the costs would be enormous, and there isn't even enough lithium on the planet to realistically meet such a demand.
tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/ark...

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

5/ And no, EVs cannot and will never address the problems inherent to car-centric infrastructure. The core problem is land use, not technology. Car-centric land use simply induces extremely high energy costs per capita regardless of the engine type an individual car uses.

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

4/ Low-density suburban development threatens the bio-physical basis of our own existence in numerous ways:

➡️ Increased air and land pollution
➡️ Loss of critical natural habitats
➡️ Increased Co2 emissions

www.nature.com/scitable/kno...

The Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences of Sprawling Development Patterns in the United States

How do development patterns impact our ecological systems and the livability of our local communities?

www.nature.com

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

3/ The more car-centric infrastructure we build the more we encourage suburb sprawl and the proliferation of "non-places". Essentially places that aren't destinations & aren't designed for people. They usually don't bring value to a city & people try to spend the least amount of time there.

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

2/ Despite the fact that cars (even EVs) use disproportionately more energy per capita than public transit and active transportation, the majority of cities in developed countries still continue building car-centric infrastructure throughout urban areas.

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

1/ Cars are high-energy modes of transportation. Compared to a bike, cars emit 10 to 20 times more CO2 per person-kilometer traveled (throughout the lifecycle).

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FuckCars @fuckcarsreddit.bsky.social · Apr 22

For #EarthDay let's look at how car-dependent infrastructure is threatening the biophysical basis of our own existence 🧵/16

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