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thenewgreen  ·  4672 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: How will history judge us?
huge box-like machines rushed by each other on massive expanses of concrete, separated only by painted white lines and contained by crude metal guard rails, killing a million people a year in fiery collisions caused by human error. Additionally, they ran on fossil fuels and pumped out poisonous gases from the rear. Almost everyone owned one! -When you put it that way, it does sound pretty ridiculous. Along those lines, perhaps they will also find our ability to allow money interests to take precedence over the common good. How could they have allowed fossil fuels to be the primary source of energy for so long?




dublinben  ·  4671 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I think it's incredible that our motor vehicles rely on violent explosions hundreds of times a second and we consider that safe. The amount of unnecessary risk we take in all ways should shock future generations.