• 1dalm@lemmings.world
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      17 days ago

      Me: I promise I won’t go on car dependancy rants tonight

      Walks one block down the street

      Me: Okay! Listen can I just point one thing out…

    • Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip
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      17 days ago

      "Did you know GM had electric car technology in the 60s? And instead all the Boomers got lead poisoning from cars, which society has been suffering under ever since, while the gas and oil companies actively worked to undermine a better way of life across the entire country.

      Imagine if you could just jump on a train and get from Boston to DC in 2.5 hours instead of almost 10 hours.

      Or San Francisco to LA in 2.5 hours. Or Chicago to Nashville.

      That’s the time it takes to train from London to Paris."