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A place to discuss problems of car centric infrastructure or how it hurts us all. Let's explore the bad world of Cars!

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Climate goals (media.piefed.social)

submitted 2 days ago by dumnezero@piefed.social to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well, it's true. Don't you know mining for ebike batteries pollutes a lot? And bike lanes cause lots of traffic? /s

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Won't anybody think of the poor children in the Congo cobalt mines? The ones absolutely nobody have a flying fuck about when cobalt was mainly used as a catalyst in gasoline production?

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[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Those are some good points, I'll ditch my bike and drive an electric car during rush traffic instead