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This is half the number of trucks that cross the France/UK channel on a normal day
"This is half the number of trucks that cross the channel on a normal day. One port. All that weight. The energy used to move them. The nature depleted to produce their contents. The debt. Yes, and the livelihoods that depend on them. Behold: the 'before' shot of sustainability."
Image source: Supermarkets airlifting fruit and vegetables to UK amid shortage fears
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"No Bubble" - #Comedy #Economics #fuckcars
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Police moving into the Dannenröder Forest in Germany, to remove protestors that aim to stop the total destruction of this ancient Forest due to the construction of a new autobahn. #fuckcars
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Daimler Trucks partners with Waymo to build self-driving semi trucks
#Comment: Here we go. As I've been predicting for years, the German car industry is totally clueless and will cheaply give away control over the brains of next-gen cars to silicon valley. In turn, that will guaranteed downgrade the entire industry to OEM's that just produce fancy metal boxes, while the real value is captured else where. Sehr peinlich und sehr lustig!
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#fuckcars: GM, Ford knew about climate change 50 years ago
#Comment: How is anyone surprised by the fact that some knew already decades ago that industrialisation rapidly destroys Nature, but kept it "secret"? Henry Ford - a prominent supporter of the German Nazi party and eugenics - and many of his corporate elite friends which dominated the 20st century, today would be classified as Mafioso with serious mental health conditions (Hitler and Ford each kept a framed picture of the other on his desk). But as the late George Carlin once correctly state: "This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It's what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to get selfish, ignorant leaders."
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The Monster Exane BNP Paribas Note On Electric Cars
...And Exane BNP Paribas has a monster note on electric cars that downgrades BMW and Schaeffler, raises Valeo and hikes its Tesla target to $1,550. “Your next car may not be electric. But the one after could well be”, it begins, before moving on to a dictionary definition of disruption. Better batteries mean electric vehicle margins will be above internal combustion within two to three years” meaning “dramatic market share shifts lie ahead”, it says:
The collision of a green new political era with the arrival of ‘million mile’ batteries is set to turn EV economics on its head. As EV residuals and margins rise above that of ICE, radical market share shifts lie ahead. We look for those that can thrive – and those that may struggle to survive. Green New Politics: Europe’s New Deal meets a US Blue Wave
This autumn could mark a defining moment for decarbonisation as Europe’s Green New Deal and a potential US Blue Wave drive radical policy changes. We now expect Europe’s 2030 CO2 targets to be further tightened, with a review due by June 2021. To comply, we see European BEV penetration at 40% by 2030. Meanwhile a Biden Administration looks set to kick-start US EV adoption – the Democrats climate crisis plan even recommends 100% ZEV sales by 2035....
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Elonmusk continues his effort to spend lots of money to transport tiny numbers of people
The Boring Company’s “public transit” system has become a valet stand in a parking garage.
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Cargo bike share is happening in a big way in Germany - run by municipalities, and supported by the Federal government. The TINK platform helps other municipalities get started. The TINK support platform for municipalities joins @copenhagenizers in the vast global market for eliminating autonomous four wheeled vehicles from cities
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Enhancing road verges to aid pollinator conservation: A review
Road verges have considerable potential to be used for pollinator conservation. Verges can be hotspots of flowers and pollinators in managed landscapes. Traffic and road pollution can cause mortality and other impacts on pollinators. Evidence suggests the benefits of road verges to pollinators outweigh the costs. Road verges can be enhanced for pollinators through strategic management.
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Fuckcars: Car tyres are major source of ocean microplastics – study
More than 200,000 tonnes of tiny plastic particles are blown from roads into the oceans every year, according to research. The study suggests wind-borne microplastics are a bigger source of ocean pollution than rivers, the route that has attracted most attention to date. “Roads are a very significant source of microplastics to remote areas, including the oceans,” said Andreas Stohl, from the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, who led the research. He said an average tyre loses 4kg during its lifetime. “It’s such a huge amount of plastic compared to, say, clothes,” whose fibres are commonly found in rivers, Stohl said. “You will not lose kilograms of plastic from your clothing.”
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Fuckcars: Your Car Is Spewing Microplastics That Blow Around the Word
When you drive, tiny bits of plastic fly off your tires and brakes. Now scientists have shown how all that road muck is blowing into “pristine” environments like the Arctic. Today in the journal Nature, researchers model how microplastics from our cars are travelling from densely populated regions into the environment.
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Fuck Cars: VanMoof’s e-bike ad banned in France for creating a ‘climate of anxiety’
VanMoof, the Dutch electric bicycle brand, is officially too hot for (French) television.
The company’s first TV advertisement was banned in France for its negative portrayal of car traffic and pollution. The commercial was rejected by France’s advertising regulatory authority, ARPP, because it “discredit[s] the automobile sector [...] while creating a climate of anxiety.”
