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EngagingSTSjournal<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/assetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assetization</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> through <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/paywalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paywalling</span></a> can affect the ecology of automobility in ways that entrench powerful + moneyed interests while undermining <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ConsumerWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerWelfare</span></a> + the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicGood</span></a></p><p>👀Bricolageyumyum.bsky.social &amp; mcforelle.bsky.social: <a href="https://doi.org/pcgp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/pcgp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Patrick Rérat<p>Des résidus de pneus retrouvés dans de nombreux légumes vendus en Suisse 🚗 </p><p>Tyre particles found in many vegetables sold in Switzerland</p><p><a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rts.ch/info/sciences-tech/environnement/2025/article/alerte-residus-de-pneus-detectes-dans-les-legumes-suisses-etude-revele-28795187.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rts.ch/info/sciences-tech/envi</span><span class="invisible">ronnement/2025/article/alerte-residus-de-pneus-detectes-dans-les-legumes-suisses-etude-revele-28795187.html</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Highway expansions and road widening<br>How America (Australia) Can Break Its Highway Addiction</p><p>"After a century of rampant roadbuilding, the U.S. highway network is ubiquitous, dominating the American landscape in bucolic rural settings as well as dense urban ones. Rather than being a tool for mobility, it has become a monument to an auto-centric lifestyle that fouls the air and depletes the public coffers. Neither the country nor the planet can afford to keep expanding it."</p><p>"At the federal level, even asking questions about the collective climate impact of highway building appears verboten."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://slate.com/business/2024/08/construction-traffic-cars-driving-transportation-highway.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/business/2024/08/con</span><span class="invisible">struction-traffic-cars-driving-transportation-highway.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/highways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highways</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/expansion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>expansion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/asphalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asphalt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Motordom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Motordom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CoffsHarbour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoffsHarbour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GlenifferRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlenifferRoad</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Friday Video: <br>How <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> Got Hooked on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cars</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNBC</span></a> put together a solid 15-minute explainer on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> dependency that's perfect for sending to anyone who's never thought about the role of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> in their life.</p><p><a href="https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/02/14/friday-video-how-america-got-hooked-on-cars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">usa.streetsblog.org/2025/02/14</span><span class="invisible">/friday-video-how-america-got-hooked-on-cars</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1760164/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1760164/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Detroit Auto Show expected to bring big bucks for city’s economy <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Attendance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Attendance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automobility</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClaudeMolinari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClaudeMolinari</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DetroitAutoShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DetroitAutoShow</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomicImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicImpact</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hospitality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospitality</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VisitDetroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisitDetroit</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Australia's lack of fuel security</p><p>"Our way of life <br>depends upon cheaper oil and fuel coming from overseas, but it does so at the cost of our security and resilience...The thought of not having food in cupboards and fridges or prescription medicines would likely exercise people's minds a lot more than the ill-informed thoughts they had during COVID about toilet paper." &gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/australia-fuel-security-falling-short-foi-war-game-report/104745210" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/aus</span><span class="invisible">tralia-fuel-security-falling-short-foi-war-game-report/104745210</span></a></p><p>Tangled up in oil in Petrotopia<br><a href="https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/113773037156395951" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1137730</span><span class="invisible">37156395951</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/vulnerabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerabilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petroleum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EnergyDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/malls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/highways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highways</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Petrotopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petrotopia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PetroMelancholia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetroMelancholia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/transformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/societies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>societies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FuelSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuelSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/WayofLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WayofLife</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Tangled up in oil in Petrotopia</p><p>Imagine life on an Island that has to import 91% of fuel from overseas.<br>And the entire matrix of the place has been set up for oil dependency a century ago.</p><p>Without a car there is no mobility (in Petrotopia)<br>Without a car one can't get stuff (made /transported by fossil fuels)<br>Without a car one can't get to work or other places<br>Without a car one can't drop off the kids <br>Without a car one can't empty the dogs<br>Without a car one can't go for a walk<br>Without a car /mower one can't do the endless lawns<br>Without a car/ boat/ plane one can't re-create or have a holiday</p><p>Australia is reliant on imports for around 91% of fuel consumption. <br><a href="https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/australia-91-reliant-on-foreign-oil-research-report/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">australiainstitute.org.au/post</span><span class="invisible">/australia-91-reliant-on-foreign-oil-research-report/</span></a></p><p>Bondre, N. (2023). Petromobility and Energy Coloniality in Puerto Rico: Reading Luis Rafael Sánchez’s La Guaracha Del Macho Camacho. Green Letters, 27(2), 219–238. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14688417.2023.2243488" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1080/14688417.2023.</span><span class="invisible">2243488</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petroleum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> modernity <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EnergyDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/islands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>islands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/malls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/highways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highways</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Petrotopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petrotopia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PetroMelancholia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetroMelancholia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/transformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/societies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>societies</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>All suburbs in Australia need “a fully-staffed control room where they can keep an eye on crowd and traffic management.”<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-04/summernats-command-centre-police-powers/104781278" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-01-04/sum</span><span class="invisible">mernats-command-centre-police-powers/104781278</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Fossilfuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fossilfuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/hoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hoons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/burnouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burnouts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BadAppleMyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadAppleMyth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/panopticon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>panopticon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/petroculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petroculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/recreation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recreation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/OilGuzzlingLifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilGuzzlingLifestyle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/petrotopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petrotopia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a></p>
Mikko Tuomi<p>Despite the widespread harm caused by <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> and <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a>, governments, corporations, and individuals continue to facilitate it by expanding roads, manufacturing larger vehicles, and subsidising parking, electric cars, and resource extraction.</p><p>One in 34 deaths are caused by cars and automobility with 1 670 000 deaths per year.</p><p>Cars and automobility have killed 60–80 million people since their invention. <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S0966692324000267</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Recycling toxic car tyres through the body and the environment</p><p>When tyres are used, tiny particles of rubber are released and accumulate on road surfaces. These particles can be washed away by rainwater into storm drains, ultimately ending up in nearby water bodies such as rivers, lakes, and oceans.The particles contribute to a range of negative health impacts including heart, lung, developmental, reproductive, and cancer outcomes.</p><p>Tyre wear particle (TWP) are generated by contact between tyre and road surface during driving, acceleration and braking.&gt;<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720313358" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S0048969720313358</span></a></p><p>Tires are a complex source of pollutants including whole tires, particles, compounds, and chemicals. As they wear, tires emit pollutants via atmospheric, aquatic, and terrestrial pathways.&gt;<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724012920" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S0048969724012920</span></a></p><p>Tyre wear particle emissions have outweighed those from the exhaust and are potential for microplastic pollution.&gt;<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1352231023000237" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S1352231023000237</span></a></p><p>Tyre wear particles pollute the environment, the air we breathe, the water run-off from roads and has compounding effects on waterways and agriculture.<br><a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/243333/prioritise-tackling-toxic-emissions-from-tyres/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">imperial.ac.uk/news/243333/pri</span><span class="invisible">oritise-tackling-toxic-emissions-from-tyres/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/vehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EVs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/speed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/machinery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machinery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/microplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microplastics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TRWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TRWP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TWP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/toxicology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxicology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecotoxicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecotoxicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PAH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/runoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>runoff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a></p>
malte<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cstross</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://triangletoot.party/@jason0x21" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jason0x21</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.v.st/@quixoticgeek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>quixoticgeek</span></a></span> You're not saying this, but please don't make the next reasoning that this means all anti-EV sentiment is directly or indirectly caused by oil companies. There's still a case to be made against <a href="https://radikal.social/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> in general, and EV is currently the newest attempt at saving automobility.</p>
Peter Butler<p>"We find that, since their invention, cars and automobility have killed 60–80 million people and injured at least 2 billion</p><p>"Currently, 1 in 34 deaths are caused by automobility. </p><p>"While some people benefit from automobility, nearly everyone—whether or not they drive—is harmed by it.”</p><p>A very comprehensive global review of automobility and its harms"</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S0966692324000267</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cars</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automobility</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a></p>
A Guy Named Brian (he/him)<p>We don’t need this much parking; we really, really don’t: “We treat our cars well. Grabar reports that, by square footage, there is more housing for each car in the U.S. than there is housing for each person. In many cities, the number of parking spaces devoted to each household is staggering: Philadelphia, 3.7 spaces per household; Seattle, 5; Des Moines, 20!”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Parking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UrbanDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tansportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tansportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://commonedge.org/why-does-america-provide-more-space-for-storing-cars-than-housing-people/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commonedge.org/why-does-americ</span><span class="invisible">a-provide-more-space-for-storing-cars-than-housing-people/</span></a></p>