Work by Ron Cobb

  • ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    Au contraire, my Fuck Cars fellow. A sports car’s agile handling and peppy acceleration are enjoyable even at street legal speeds. They are of course most enjoyable when driven nearer to the limits at a track, but most stock “sports cars” require some modifications to be reliably driven under such intense conditions.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      think, for a moment, about the world you’re leaving to the future.

      is it really worth peppy acceleration when you KNOW that is wasteful and literally costing your children? Because that’s who’s gonna pay that bill. Not you or me. Our kids and grandkids.

      cars for fun made sense before we understood the actual costs.

      these days it just seems gross, you got yours, fuck everyone else.

      • ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca
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        2 minutes ago

        I’m happy to spend my carbon budget on an occasional Sunday cruise with the top down on a sunny afternoon, rather than overseas holidays, excessive consumption, etc. I ride my bike as much as possible and advocate for improved public transit infrastructure in my community, which has a far greater impact than my ~460 kg/year of CO2 from my joyrides.