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Highway spending increased by 90% in 2021. This is one of many reasons why car traffic is growing faster than population growth.

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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A car pollutes as its materials are mined from the ground and smelted into metals. A car pollutes when oils are refined for its various plastics and lubricants. A car pollutes when it is retired to a scrap yard to sit leaking oil until it is crushed and recyled (polluting through that process too).

[–] Novamdomum@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

To be honest, I hadn't even noticed that I was commenting in the "Fuck Cars" group cos I just responded to something that popped up in my feed. I'm not about trying to be disruptive in someone else's house. I was going for humor more than anything. Sorry.

[–] y0kai@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

None of this is true for busses. They're made of and run on magic

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Buses service more people per pollution over their lifecycle.

[–] y0kai@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a MUCH better argument and the one you should stick with.

[–] BlackDragon@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That was the argument the entire time, you smug imbecile

[–] y0kai@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No his argument was that cars pollute when they're not running and implying that buses don't, you smug imbecile.