2026-04-28 19:53 UTC
Solar, maybe, but punk? Certainly not.
#Bicycles and #velomobiles are #solarpunk. #Walking and #handcarts are solarpunk. #Horses are solarpunk. #Urbanism is solarpunk. #CommunityGardens are solarpunk.
Highway speeds are never solarpunk. EVER. It's the going 100+ Kmh for 500+ Km at a stretch with 1000 Kg of cargo that makes cars bad.
A electric quadcycle that weighs 600 Kg fully loaded wth two adult humans and their cargo and goes 50 Kmh max for 100 Km on a charge is not the same thing.
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@gcvrsa@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 19:55
There is no technology that can break the laws of physics. The problem with cars is that they go fast, they go far, and they can carry literally a ton of cargo. The availability of rapid transport over long distances of large masses with seeming no consequences caused us to built our lives as if the bill was never going to come due. Guess what? THE BILL IS DUE.