• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    The world and particularly the west desperately need to address their oil addiction. Business as usual is no longer acceptable.

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      1 year ago

      Higher oil prices are motivating people to move away from oil, hopefully toward electrification & renewables. Or at the very least, motivating people to lower their fuel consumption.

      • ampersandrew@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Electric vehicles are better than sticking with internal combustion, but there’s still so much energy wasted in designing infrastructure around everyone getting around by cars in the first place. Everything gets spread further apart to accommodate them on roads and in parking lots, which means you have to travel farther to get where you’re going. Our city designs need to shift toward density way faster than they currently are.