An occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance.
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BIG CITY, SMALL CHANGE
What a little behavioural change would mean for Los Angeles, illustrated:
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CAR TROUBLE
J.H. Crawford’s whimsical and radical view of Motordom, with a little Occupy thrown in:
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ELECTRICITY AND IRONY
From The Green Car:
A new study from the University of Minnesota, University of Tennessee and Tsinghua University … compared emissions – CO2, PM2.5, NOx and HC – from conventional vehicles and electric vehicles, including electric cars, light scooters and bicycles. The study was partly motivated by the rise in popularity of electric bikes in China– known as e-bikes – which is seen as the single largest adoption of alternative fuel vehicles in history. There has been an 86 per cent annual growth rate over the past decade.
The study is important because in China, 85 per cent of electricity production is from fossil fuels – with around 90 per cent from coal. Indeed most electricity generating units in China lack advanced pollution controls and so it is not clear-cut that electric vehicles would automatically be “better” than conventional vehicles for drivers’ health. …
The study concludes therefore, that replacing petrol cars with electric cars results in increased CO2 from combustion emissions and all-cause mortality risk from primary PM2.5.
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Re: Big City, Small Change
The big problem is motivating that 3% of people to make what they would consider to be a “sacrifice” to benefit the other 84% who are driving.
The problem is that even if the 3% switch, the shadow drivers will use up the increased road space. A better solution is Road Pricing, encouraging non commuters/ errand travelers to go at a different time.