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4:22 am
April 26, 2012


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If you are interested, I wrote my longest post ever on why cars are destroying our society… I think it's an important conversation to have.

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I'm going to read it, and before I do…. it sounds like I'm going to agree :)

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Post edited 3:50 am – April 29, 2012 by shortroadto

Think about it.  Apple is the largest company in the world. They don't make anything that society "needs".  We need to simplify things.   Why on earth must we travel 30-50 miles to get to work?  This is part of the problem.  I agree with your point of view.  Cars are destroying society.  I haven't read the article yet, but I think cars are a huge cause of the stress in our lives.
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April 30, 2012


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Nice post, I went over and commented. :) I agree with shortroadto, we can end up in a endless cycle where we build a highway, people move further away, requiring the highway to be expanded which starts the cycle again. It ends up wasting a lot of resources. I don't think that cars are destroying our lives, but some adjustments need to be made. Unfortunately, a lot of the problems are political. You can't just go and slap tolls on roads to more fairly price usage, because people will revolt against that.

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April 30, 2012


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Great point – it is only part of the problem…

 

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Nice post, I went over and commented. :) I agree with shortroadto, we can end up in a endless cycle where we build a highway, people move further away, requiring the highway to be expanded which starts the cycle again. It ends up wasting a lot of resources. I don't think that cars are destroying our lives, but some adjustments need to be made. Unfortunately, a lot of the problems are political. You can't just go and slap tolls on roads to more fairly price usage, because people will revolt against that.

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11:24 am
May 2, 2012


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You go Corey… I am heading over to back you up because cars destroy more than people admit. 

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May 3, 2012


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Unfortunately I live in an area where vehicles are villified in favor of cyclists so I'm "motor-sensitive." But I did appreciate a lot of points in your article. I think in the end it all comes down to a want vs. a need. We joke that we have the "greenest car" on the block because my husband is restoring a 1969 Datsun wagon. All the parts are cobbled from junkyards and craigslist and it gets 23 miles to the gallon. I'm always going to be a car person, but I'll also try to be smart about it.

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May 4, 2012


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Fair enough. There's no easy way to set standards, I'm just raising some concerns. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Andi B. said:

Unfortunately I live in an area where vehicles are villified in favor of cyclists so I'm "motor-sensitive." But I did appreciate a lot of points in your article. I think in the end it all comes down to a want vs. a need. We joke that we have the "greenest car" on the block because my husband is restoring a 1969 Datsun wagon. All the parts are cobbled from junkyards and craigslist and it gets 23 miles to the gallon. I'm always going to be a car person, but I'll also try to be smart about it.

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