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Man complains about the government forcing him to buy a new car so he and his wife can continue to do their 1km school run. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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And I thought Americans were carbrained, holy shit.

(To be fair, he's not wrong in that this is intended to keep the auto companies and the government nice and fat -- but the obvious response to this is to agitate for better public transit, not railing against an environmentally sound policy.)

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 32 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (15 children)

What's this about? Government-mandated to reduce emissions? Switching to electric, or just "better" ICE cars?

AFAIK pollution is a serious problem in India's cities - but people like this guy are going to defend their "personal freedoms" (cleverly masked as economical concern) tooth and nail.

edit: I stand corrected. This is someone being upset about bad policy. Still, the "wife" and "1km", both suggesting this is a secondary vehicle, triggers me. Standard upper middleclass griping.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

But forcing someone to replace a working vehicle? What is the environmental impact of manufacturing a new car and disposing of the old one? At what point does that actually outweigh the impact of emissions from a slightly older car, if ever?

[–] Unrelated 6 points 3 weeks ago

If the government's intent is to cut local emissions this could make sense.

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