I was interested in finding out why Ford signed such a good contract with Canadian autoworkers. What I found wasn’t what I expected. But I do think it we can have something like a win-win if the country brings in Chinese EVs. Look at the numbers in my article and tell me what you think—.
https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/why-canada-needs-chinese-evs
Totally the mentality of someone that ignores the destruction of the environmental systems that create the air they breath. Hey, at least you got to work comfortably. 😘
Comfort is having the disposable income for a cargo bike; I drive to work the way I have to since I don’t have thousands of dollars to spend on creating more work for myself. Really good activist work you’re doing by trying to paint poor people as immoral, super eco-friendly stuff. Bet you’re so active and willing to risk your free time by challenging this system in any more genuine way.
For many people, the bike purchase isn’t disposable income. It’s in place of buying the much more expensive car. Sure, they’re fortunate enough to be able to live in a place where it’s doable … but people do it in Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal, Toronto. Even if people in these major cities leaned more towards bikes, it would make a difference - and not just towards the global environment but to their local environment. The particulate matter from EV brake and tires is as bad or worse than ICE cars because of their extra weight.
Probably shouldn’t have spent all that money on a dang car lol
Wouldn’t that be nice? Must be scary for you to confront the realities of the world without privilege.
I hate to say it because I’m on the side of cars being both an effect and a cause of major negative social issues, but he’s right that you’re dismissing the fact that society forces people to interact with it as it dictates unless you have the money to force otherwise, whether that’s building a whole-ass off-grid house because you have the money, taking a helicopter instead of a car because you have the money, or taking a bike instead of a car because you have the time (which is only going to be the case if you have the money to not have to rely on a time-sensitive wage-based job).
The alternative is often being jobless, which usually means being unhoused, which has so many negative knock-on effects involved that it certainly should not be held up as a reasonable alternative.