And I don't see how anyone could think it is. Motorists kill a shit ton of people, a vastly greater quantity of other animals, and that's just in terms of the billions of animals that die in physical collisions, not even accounting for those who die due to air pollution, noise pollution, car-driven habitat destruction, and climate change.
https://www.culturechange.org/issue8/roadkill.htm
Every year our nation's experimenters kill 100 million lab animals, hunters kill 200 million "game" animals, and motorists kill nearly 400 million road animals. Only America's meat-eaters take a larger toll than its motorists.
Ride a bike y'all.
I have to get to work somehow in the greatest country on earth :yea:
Maybe think about it as something you can aim for in the future? Like, what would you do if you were unable to drive? When looking for work, or looking for housing, "able to get there without a car" would be a hard limitation, so you'd think like, "how far can I realistically get on a bike" and that would be your search radius. That's how I do it anyway.
also if you're looking at it from a CO2 perspective, a typical year of driving is even worse than a typical year of eating meat or even beef
I see so many dead raccoons on the country highway in the morning. :kitty-cri: :comrade-raccoon:
I used to bike to work but didn't wear a helmet. A couple of weeks of biking past the same dead coyote, watching that beautiful body slowly decay, made me decide "you know what, I actually don't want to end up like that" and start wearing a bike helmet. If my helmet ever saves me from a serious head injury I'll have that coyote's spirit to thank.
Wow I can't believe I never knew this
I'm starting to think the foundational issue of so many of our world problems is cars. From animal rights to environmental justice.
Fighting for dense transit focused development might be one of the most effective projects we can engage in
