The formula without F
photo: abeku
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They say that for every 60 meters a car will be able to fill a balloon with CO2. Some are proposing restrictions, on an individual basis, on the amount of CO2 produced. Regardless, the impact on the nature by the human being needs to be minimised severely. Some believe that such a step would mean another medieval age (which wasn't that gloomy anyway), but I believe there's enough economic opportunities to be won even for the short sighted. Sadly, I need to take my car every day to make it to the job and back home and pick up my boy at the kindergarten at a certain time. It's life against the watch on both a small and and a large scale. Who will take the first step?
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Luckily, I own no car, nor do I regularly drive a car. Sometimes, though, when going to Skåne, I willingly admit to driving a car (I only pay the petrol used, nothing else) rather than taking the train - just out of sheer expense-management. I saddens me that the CO2-heavy alternative is the cheapest one - and that I have to think in such economical terms. To shift people's behaviors, we need to do something drastic with the costs. Like making each vehicle pay for all its externalities.
Nice photo, by the way.
J. S-g.
One could say that the Co2 is sparkling in this picture.
When I look at traffic ques and traffic jams there is in almost every car only one person, I belive that if the will was there so many more could ride together and the number of cars could be heavily reduced, big cities often have comutertrains, subway and buses wich goes quiet often but on the countryside it aint that easy.
I belive that in our cities its a matter of convenience for many (not all) and if we are gonna be able to leave some of this planets beauty to our next of kin I think we have to reduce our convenience.
it´s a big problem that aint easy to handle with lots of other problems too, factorys etc.
To have jobs we have to consume and the more we consume the more we destroy our world.
Just some thoughts and nothing against you Anders
No worries, Mikael! I agree with everything you wrote. However, people tend to glorify the public transports and think it's the only solution. To me, it's only applicable to suburban - urban lines or vice versa. The suburban to suburban route need more practical solutions. This is also true to the country side. I think the broader perspective is needed, where the whole society need to set up goals that can be measured and accepted by everyone. - just a short reply.
I got rid of my car many years ago.
But I love to drive, so I hire a car now and then.
Why don´t they modernize the engines?
They have been more or less unchanged for a 100 years or so. Still using gasoline and what about when the world is out of petrol? Tough times
ahead.
I like this kind of "bildjournalism" that you are using here Anders.
-u
Yes this is a problem and of course buses helps in many ways - BUT, as you replay Anders, it´s not possible always with the bus. For exaple today i passed sthlm on my way to U-sala in rushhour and it was a DISASTER, a 4 line que on both sides and the polution was strong and "headache giving". Unfortunately there was no way to co-travel with someone else. I hope and belive that scientists will find a solution, a non poluting substitute instead of gas.
Jeanette
I drive my car. 140 km almost every weekday. There is simply no other alternatives available, unless I want to spend 5 hours travelling each day.
I'm a CO2 bandit, i know. I'll try to hold my breath now...
Great pic btw.
/Christofer
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