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Man complains about the government forcing him to buy a new car so he and his wife can continue to do their 1km school run. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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And I thought Americans were carbrained, holy shit.

(To be fair, he's not wrong in that this is intended to keep the auto companies and the government nice and fat -- but the obvious response to this is to agitate for better public transit, not railing against an environmentally sound policy.)

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But forcing someone to replace a working vehicle? What is the environmental impact of manufacturing a new car and disposing of the old one? At what point does that actually outweigh the impact of emissions from a slightly older car, if ever?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He isn't being forced to replace the car. He could walk. It's 1km ffs

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He also posted a photo of the road. It's 2 lanes of chaotic traffic in each direction, no sidewalk. You can't walk there, you'll get hit by something sooner or later. It supposedly also gets up to 44C (of course on an asphalt road the air temp might be higher than that). I choose to believe that because apparently the temperature record in New Delhi is over 50C.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    There must be a way to walk. Source: only a minority of Indians have cars.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes, you can also see mopeds and such in the photo. 2 stroke mopeds of course are even worse for emissions than cars. Modern 4 stroke ones not so much, but if you're limited to 50cc, they're ridiculously underpowered, not particularly long lasting, etc. Not sure what the regulations on this area in India.

    And sure, you can definitely walk. You can walk on the side of a highway too, nobody's stopping you. Why are people complaining about car centric city design in the US? You CAN walk. It's not safe to in many places, but you CAN.

    For real though, some people don't want to walk on what is essentially a highway. It's unsafe. There should be better options for pedestrians.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    So of we annoy the wealthy class, they will use their considerable influence and have walkways built thus benefitting everyone?

    Sounds good to me

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Absolutely. It's just that the guy driving a 15 year old Hyundai isn't exactly the "wealthy class". Laws like this affect mostly people who can barely afford cars, not people who can easily afford them. Actually I think the wealthy would be more annoyed if there were MORE people driving so more traffic jams, but that's not a solution either.

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