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1. solariiknight(ஆனந்த்) (solariiknight@social.systemreboot.net)'s status on Thursday, 26-Apr-2018 05:14:37 EDT solariiknight(ஆனந்த்)
   More reason to hate cars
   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/08/cars-choke-communities-pollution-diesel
   1. solariiknight(ஆனந்த்) (solariiknight@social.systemreboot.net)'s status on Thursday, 26-Apr-2018 05:15:09 EDT solariiknight(ஆனந்த்)

      in reply to
      "Study in Bristol shows how cars slash the social fabric like so many knives. On streets with little traffic, people tend to know more of their neighbours, have richer relationships with them and allow their children to be more independent than on streets with heavy traffic. Cars kill community; the death of community kills wellbeing."
      1. solariiknight(ஆனந்த்) (solariiknight@social.systemreboot.net)'s status on Thursday, 26-Apr-2018 05:16:16 EDT solariiknight(ஆனந்த்)

         in reply to
         "Yet the same report points out that 75% of the particulate emissions that vehicles produce come from their tyres and brakes, and erosion of the road surface. In other words, every motor vehicle, including electric cars, can damage your health. So why not pay people to replace their old cars with no car, by issuing the incentive in the form of public transport tokens?"
         1. solariiknight(ஆனந்த்) (solariiknight@social.systemreboot.net)'s status on Thursday, 26-Apr-2018 05:17:24 EDT solariiknight(ஆனந்த்)

            in reply to
            "As for what happens to us behind the wheel, it would be surprising if driving did not change the way we behave and think. When we drive, society becomes an obstacle to be wished away. Cars encourage the extreme individualism that makes a sense of common purpose hard to achieve."