Good luck getting people to waste a ton of gas and time going into the office every day. Even before the pandemic, everyone was already using teams for meetings virtually. I think we had physical meetings a few times a year at most, and even then, some people were virtual.
I'd definitely eat it, especially over ecosystem-destroying meats and dirty meats. Especially if they can work on the price. I'd like to see more farmlands and public lands reforested and taken back to nature.
This is good, and hopefully for micromobility, too.
I want my current car to be my last ICE car. But my ebike has been so much easier than driving for downtown activities, I'm starting to wonder if I will even need to drive much at all.
I'd probably still want an EV for longer distance travel, but that isn't necessary for day-to-day commuting.
The first queer people here got fired from their jobs and left largely destitute. They were the ones that started the first gay societies and the first protests in front of the White House. Throughout the decades, many were fired, arrested, or died from poor health or deaths of despair.
Someone always has to take the first step.
I recommend reading The lavender scare, it's extremely relevant right now, and I had to keep checking the copyright date because the same shit is happening the same way it happened in the 50s.
You gotta have a distribution network the same way the heart needs arteries, veins, and capillaries. Without a delivery network, that aid won't go more than the distance some people can walk. The elderly and children would never get it. Those in other cities might not get it. Not to mention how heavy water is. Most can't carry enough for a family of five each day, in a different city.
The warehouses allow them to coordinate food/water/first aid/etc and send it on trucks to distribution centers where it can be distributed equally without stampedes, or the healthiest/most well armed simply taking everything.
I used to not care that much, but I got stupidly into mountain biking and city ebiking and just injured my knee when I crashed over an unseen curb in the dark. Now I'm getting biking withdrawal and serious FOMO as I stay inside while newly made bike friends are out biking. I feel like....itchy from not getting outside and really doing stuff with friends. My goddamned knee better heal up ASAP, lol.
I didn't even know I could even get this antsy as I only picked up city biking recently. Now I feel like I'm chained to my apartment and car and the vanishinly rare $30/hr parking spots in the city, lol.
I think more than anything, you can get into just about anything given a couple great experiences doing something. Grab an ebike or stand up paddleboard and go on some adventures, relationships be damned. You don't have to be in a relationship to have some serious fun on the water :)
Some people are bi+ and just aren't out yet or don't even know exactly what they are. And that's fine. I also believe it's probably a pretty small percentage of the population. Fwiw, you can be in a differing sex relationship and still be somewhat curious about the other side of the coin. I think the worst thing people can do is be ashamed of it, then hide it at all costs where it manifests as this sort of website. Instead of having conversations among friends and spouses and more healthy methods of exploring one's sexuality, such as going to pride events and making diverse, enriching friendships.
EVs are heavy. While they vary by make and model, the sedans like Lucids around Vancouver BC and WA weigh 5,200lbs without any cargo, bike racks, ski racks, or people in it.
Electric trucks (not pickups) are also getting more popular, and will also need to be factored into things like updated crash barriers, bridges, offramps and older city roads built on top of thin concrete structures from the 1900s. It's going to cost cities a lot of money if we don't emphasize a reduction in cars and trucks going forward. We should be pushing rail and bikes harder.
Even still, each battery pack and the 6,000lb car put more strain on the mines, factories, and roads. Those resources could be used for stuff like ebikes where you only need a fraction of the power to get the bike to move forward.
EVs have their place, but eventually we are going to have to reckon with a post-car reality. Building trans, trams, BRTs (fast bus lines) and bike lanes will make cities faster to get around, without having to own a vehicle to get groceries a mile down the road. Making sidewalks comfortable and wider will also make stuff feel less shitty.
We'll probably get to a point where you can rent a vehicle if you really need it for remote areas, but day to day, you can pocket that insurance/maintenance/fuel/depreciation money and use it on something else.
