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Katana314, 11 months ago to memes in Buying a new car is not better than keeping an old one

If you’re aiming for a huge change anyway (buying new EVs for everyone, installing chargers everywhere) why not consider the other one - adding more transit and bike lanes? It’s not an easy shift either way - but one involves various unknowns and unforeseen difficulties. The other has been put to use across the world already.

Katana314, 11 months ago to memes in It's Only a Matter of Time

But I thought Poison Arrow frogs were only harmful if fired from a bow.

Katana314, 1 year ago to maliciouscompliance in Viral Wheelchair Riders in China Highlight Concerns Over E-Bike and Scooter Crackdown

I just kind of celebrate any form of rebellion to Chinese authorities.

Thinking of getting my own ebike, but want to see if my area can start subsidizing them like electric cars.

Katana314, 1 year ago to upliftingnews in Giant kites could pull ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions

No, in fact they’ve been engineered to make sure that doesn’t happen. If you go to plaid way out on the ocean, it’s a horrific mess to clean up.

Katana314, 1 year ago to mildlyinteresting in "Progress"

I remember as a kid hearing this vague ideological warfare around it. The Boston Science Museum had a big exhibit on it, as a kid I learned nothing about it. Then it was lamented for being wasteful spending - and only now do I hear about how it was meant to give us back urban areas.