IMO, I can’t see how making progress on car maintainability would be easier than on car dependency.
One depends on local politics, the other on national (or maybe even national to a foreign nation) politics or somehow convincing a global oligopolist to lose a bit of money to help your cause.
But if you want to work on it, good luck and all the power to you. Don’t stop just because another problem exists.
Oh, I’m not trying to say either are going to be easy, but they both have their individual benefits and there’s some overlap. Having more community-based knowledge of internal combustion engines could still help people switch to motorcycles as a start.
You also never know when someone will make a connection that’s never been thought of before, and completely change how we think about transportation, and the more knowledge in more people’s hands, the better.
Correct answer. Getting there is difficult overall for some societies that are built on that dependency. Every individual can try to do what they can, and some do manage to make it work. Most cannot, and there lies the problem. And before I get bombarded with a list of things, note that I said some people and places can make them work for their situation…but until a majority can make them work, they’re as good as any other solution that shifts the fix onto the public and consumer rather than tackling actual change to our civilization.
Nah, what you need is fewer cars and to not depend on them to stay alive.
Cars will never and should never go away completely, even if they become nothing more than a niche hobbyist thing.
In any case, we very much need and want and should have community mechanic shops and education. A friendly repair cafe is always a good idea.
Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress. Those mechanic shops can transition to working on trains, bikes, EVs, etc. We can do both.
IMO, I can’t see how making progress on car maintainability would be easier than on car dependency.
One depends on local politics, the other on national (or maybe even national to a foreign nation) politics or somehow convincing a global oligopolist to lose a bit of money to help your cause.
But if you want to work on it, good luck and all the power to you. Don’t stop just because another problem exists.
Oh, I’m not trying to say either are going to be easy, but they both have their individual benefits and there’s some overlap. Having more community-based knowledge of internal combustion engines could still help people switch to motorcycles as a start.
You also never know when someone will make a connection that’s never been thought of before, and completely change how we think about transportation, and the more knowledge in more people’s hands, the better.
Just trying to say it’s a “Yes, and” situation.
Correct answer. Getting there is difficult overall for some societies that are built on that dependency. Every individual can try to do what they can, and some do manage to make it work. Most cannot, and there lies the problem. And before I get bombarded with a list of things, note that I said some people and places can make them work for their situation…but until a majority can make them work, they’re as good as any other solution that shifts the fix onto the public and consumer rather than tackling actual change to our civilization.