So I guess humans didn't exist until after cars were invented
you people are so full of shit
those humans GREW UP
without cars---feeding off the land
without cars/trucks:
no ac/heating
no phones
no MODERN sewage systems
no modern water supply
etc etc etc
humans today need all of that--without it:
disease/death/hardship/etc
and getting to the doctor will not be easy
please tell me how the food will get to the people?
Hey you're the idiot that said human can't live without cars and history proves you wrong since humans have lived without cars longer that they have with cars
Maybe you should think about what you say before you say it
YOU ******* MORON! How humans survived thousands of years ago has ZERO to do with what the world is today.
Take all the cars/trucks away from the millions who depend on driving to work/delivering goods everyday and watch the entire economy fail within days.
No cars/trucks-------no food. Those who keep the water supply flowing need cars/trucks. No cars/trucks--------no water supply for everyone.
******* WISE UP!
You don't even know why your knickers are in a twist do you?
I never once said anything about getting rid of cars
All I did was point out that saying humans can't survive if there were no cars is not only incorrect but also stupid
Tell that to the millions of people living in apartments.
If every car in NYC was removed how long do you think it would be before millions of people in the city would be starving to death?
"Hello? I'd like to get a cab to go to the grocery store. What the **** do you mean there are no longer any taxis in the city!?"
Easy answer. One that MOST people in places like NYC already do. MOST already use bicycles, walk and public transportation. You really don't want to know the cost of parking a private car in NYC.
Besides, the small business shopping stores are alive and well in many inner cities within walking distance so you really don't need to drive to get your food every day. Suburbia USA is one thing but the Apartment Dwellers has a different lifestyle since you used that as an example.
Suburbia, USA would have to respond by having their small shopping stores locate closer to where people live. Mom and Pop stores would become vogue once again.
BTW, for the first time in History, Norway has more electric car sales than fossil fuel car sales. In 10 years, it's predicted that there will be almost zero fossil fuel car sales. By 2030, fossil fuel cars will be banned. Then the trucks will be next Already, Norway is better than carbon neutral and almost all their electricity comes from power other than fossil fuels or Nuclear. They leveled their last coal plant last week. They use Solar, Wind and Hydro (both Dam and Ocean) for almost all their power. Yes, it's a small country but it's also a very rich country. Their public transportation is one of the best in the world in the form of electric buses, electric trains, electric cabs, etc.. It's what can happen when a country Nationalizes something. I know, this sounds terrible to the ears of an American but I know of at least one city in Texas quickly headed in that direction and it's a Republican ran mayor. A City can do it, a town can do it. Many States can do it with provisions. The Western States will have to have a lot of provisions but it can be done. And it will cost the citizen less to operate their vehicles. Maybe it will get many of the western states off their dead asses on getting decent long distance public ground transportation.
Let's look at the trip from Grand Junction to Denver Co.. It's about 240 road miles. It takes about 5 hours by car. It takes about 8 hours by train. When you fly, you spend about an hour on the ground in GJ, another 30 minutes on the plane before takeoff, on the other end, it takes another 30 minutes before you land, another 30 minutes in the Terminal for a total of 3 1/2 hours. By the time you get out of the terminal and to your destination, the car is actually as fast. Then there is the Bus, don't go there.
The point is, what would happen if you owned an electric car that had a 400 mile range. Not something out of science fiction anymore. Because you will be using more amps over the mountain, you are going to need that extra range to make the 240 miles. Now, let's put a decent Electric Bus in operation without all the petty little stops that Greyhound does today. They stop at almost every rock on the side of the road. Have them stop at medium and large towns only. The point being is, you only lose about 30 minutes taking either your electric car (you can do that now) or taking an electric bus (that are on the market today). And in the wintertime, the train is essentially stopped on heavy snow days until they can get the tracks cleared. And on those same days, the Air Traffic is suspended.
All this is available now but it's going to take a rethink by America. It's going to take a major PR compaign to get it going. Yes, it will be fought tooth and nail. That's why it only works if it's Nationalized and that is what the New Green Deal really is. It's not going to stop the flights from Denver to LA since that is beyond anything the alternate transportations can accomplish but it's going to affect the short hauls like the under 300 mile ones or the local ones.
The US squanders Power left and right and we don't utilize the nature power generation nearly as much as we should. In fact, we only touch on it. For instance, Every inlet can be adapted to generate wave power to a small degree. Norway has done this without disrupting the shipping, recreational and commercial fishing. How many coal fired plants go away at that point for almost free electric power. The tide comes in, you get power. The tide goes out you get power. If a wave comes in you get power, ect.. And we waste that energy each and every day. We can learn from little tiny Norway.
And, NO, we don't lose the cars and and the trucks. They just run on a different kind of power. I am an old Motorhead and don't look forward to that day but it's coming. Like it not, it has to come. Or parts of Florida and the rest of the East Coast had better learn to build their houses on stilts.
