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[–] DNOS@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Immagino having a car that doesn't pretend to drive herself but it's enjoyable to drive, a car that doesn't pretend to be a fucking movie because it's just a car, a car without two thousands different policies to accept in wich you will never know what's written but a car that you will be able to drive even though you decided to wear a red shirt on a Thursday morning which in you distorted future society is a political insult to some shithead CEO, a car that you own not a subscription based loan ,a car that keeps very slowly polluting the environment instead of polluting it with heavy chemicals dig up from childrens while still managing to pollute in CO2 exactly the same as the next 20 years of the slow polluting one not to mention where the current comes from, a car that will run forever if you treat it well and with minor fixes with relative minor environment impact and doesn't need periodic battery replacement which btw is like building a new vehicle ... This are not only a critical thoughts about green washing but are meant to make you reflect on the different meanings of ownership in different time periods

And yes I will always think that all environmentalists that absolutely needs a car should drive a 1990s car, fix it, save it from the dump fields and drive it till it crashes into a wall ...

[–] SinJab0n@mujico.org 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Imagine not being forced to need a car at all.

Imagine being able to just sit down, watch memes, read something, watch a movie, maybe take a nap, or even take advantage of the journey and get ahead some tasks on ur way to our jobs.

Imagine being able to eat dinner on ur way home if our daily commute is kinda long, woldn't that be a dream?

Brothers, sisters, lets get some trains in our lives.

[–] DNOS@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Totally agree...
The dream would be to see them arriving on time , maybe clean ( not from Graffiti I'm a huge fan I mean from trash... )z I don't know about other places in the world but we definitely need more especially during peak hours and the Infostructure should be in the state hands not in the monopoly of a single private low paying dickhead ... (We regularly have a strike almost every Friday since my parents were born)...

[–] SinJab0n@mujico.org 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Where r u from my friend? Even ours in the 3rd world ain't that bad, actually they r really reliable (and clean), our usual demands its more lines

[–] DNOS@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Italy we probably have the worst local train system... The long distance ones are actually better ... Maybe are my standards you know people keep wanting more...

[–] SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I would expect that that 90's car would eventually be able to be converted to hydrogen combustion. That would save on pumping up petrol (if the hydrogen is not generated with petrol) and it would not cost yet another car to be created.