• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    7 months ago

    Yup.

    Remember the headlines about the massive pollution drop that occurred in Spring 2020 after most workplaces went remote?

    Cars and planes are the problem. Unfortunately, cars and planes make the billionaires a lot of money, so there won’t be any meaningful change to our transportation systems.

    • Moneo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      Interestingly the COVID lockdowns might be what launched the 15min city conspiracy into the mainstream. Climate deniers saw articles about how the covid lockdowns reduced emissions and warped that into the theory that 15 min cities are a plot to restrict personal movement.

      Source: climate deniers playbook podcast aka the climate town peeps

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      cars and planes make the billionaires a lot of money

      Isn’t there a billionaire who wishes to make tons of money on railroads and railroad construction? Please, bribe our politicians to spend the hundreds of billions a we need to spend