HiddenLayer5

HiddenLayer5, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

Paved roads disrupt rainwater movement as they physically block water from permeating and also have fast flowing storm drains. They have been shown to significantly reduce groundwater replenishment and increase the speed and volume of run off into rivers and streams, which exacerbates flooding risks.

HiddenLayer5, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

If you only have the option to drive and it looks like it will never change where you live, then yes, driving electric is better than driving an ICE car. You’re not the problem for needing to live your life with the limited options you have access to. However, that does not mean the intrinsic problems with cars disappear the instant they become electric, and this meme is mainly meant to respond to the techbro people who think just because electric cars exist now it makes transit obsolete or it solves literally everything wrong with cars in general, and use that to actively resist public transportation or attempt to turn public opinion against it. I should have added additional context to make that clearer.

HiddenLayer5, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

I live in Vancouver and our transit agency is seriously considering ripping the trolleybus lines out. Just like how they ripped the streetcars out before the trolleybuses came and then shamelessly told us that it’s too expensive to reinstall the tracks so we’re just never getting it back. In both cases it was because “it’s getting too expensive to maintain” after they deferred maintenance for ages so everything is falling apart and the small problems got compounded into showstoppers from neglect.

HiddenLayer5, 1 year ago

Hey stop making assumptions! It could be a shitting contest too!

HiddenLayer5, 1 year ago

He’s giving her a sign to just surrender already.

HiddenLayer5, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

Care Bears are the truly biblically accurate angels confirmed