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@dankm @veganpizza69 such tech is becoming mandatory, this is a good thing.
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@dankm @veganpizza69 such tech is becoming mandatory, this is a good thing.
@Gorilladrums21 They weren’t delivered yet, they are Tesla property.
Protests are only effective if they are disruptive.
@Gorilladrums21 @return2ozma legality does not define morality.
@InternetUser2012 still isn’t yours till it’s delivered
@InternetUser2012 @theacharnian and it’s not ‘someone’s’ it is a corporations, one with $44B to gift someone.
@return2ozma Older Tesla’s one can give the owner the benefit of the doubt that they purchased it before Elon showed his true colours. No Cybertruck owner has that defence.
They are lucky it’s just paint.
I’m sure paint comes off ‘stainless’ steel real easy…
@Cethin @space_comrade More aptly: “designing society so that the only affordable housing is far from jobs that we require people to have to deem them worthy of existing” is a choice.
There are many things we can change to fix this.
Further, there are many things that should be changed to fix this.
@ColeSloth @CubbyTustard I checked my movement history for the last few months. The furthest I went in a car in a day was 80k. If we look back over the entire year 160k is the furthest.
A small EV with 100k range would be a fine second car. A full sized sedan EV as the primary car with 200k range would be sufficient.
Any trip that is further than that should prefer to use rail for the bulk of the travel, hiring a car at the far end if needed (most holidays I’ve taken haven’t needed a car)
@dbrand666 @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars Checking with google I was mentally including things that are 20m away. (actually the second primary school is 30m walk)
But I’m happy to be a bit flexible with the 15m time. The longer distances are probably where jumping on a bike makes sense.
@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars
I’m in an outer suburb (the outer edge of the suburb includes 1~10 acre blocks as homes/hobby farms) and I get 10 (grocery, many parks, pharmacy, many bus stop, many restaurant, post office, gas station, 2 schools, day care, 4 barber/hairdresser, bar), and not 6 (bank, hospital, mall, movies, university or sports arena).
@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars Of that list, if you don’t live in a 15m walk of most of them you either live on a rural block/farm or a dystopian hellscape. Okay outer suburbs might need to stretch it to 20m or allow for scooter use to speed up the walking speed.
@blindsight @biddy Battery opperated is plenty good for most situations too. Up to the point where a ride on is probably the right choice, but I presume battery ride ons are/will be a thing.
@mob @HeavyDogFeet You already have everything set up to sell things, might as well sell more things.
@mob @HeavyDogFeet Private lawns are an extreme luxury that shouldn’t be needed. Also petrol mowers in a densely populated area are very anti social, and with the quality of electric options, why allow them?
@nifty @ajsadauskas That is a pretty good list. I’m not sure a tech store needs to be in that range. The tech shelf in a supermarket should be enough for immediate needs and big purchases are rare enough that travelling to them is acceptable.
Maybe it’s that every 15m area needs one moderate sized speciality store. So the 10 common ones are all available within a few stops on the train line.
@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars Hospital, Arena, University are the only ones I think need to be big enough to not be in a 15m walk. But the mini versions of Arena and Hospital should be. Travelling further for medical care that needs an MRI machine etc is fine, but an x-ray for a simple broken arm should be a 15m walk away.
University can be in a 15m walk, but that needs highrise density, which isn’t ideal for the entirety of a city.
@mondoman712 $24 per vehicle?
That is a joke.
Fines can work, when people expect the fines to actually hurt.