“Bike riding is largely viewed as a recreational activity – I think that’s the principal philosophy here.” (in Australia) >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/13/sudden-closure-of-iconic-bridge-to-cyclists-shows-car-is-still-king-in-brisbane
#MobilityDesign #cars #Australia #mindsets #FossilFuel #climate #Automobility #cyclists #pedestrians
The #assetization of #automobility through #paywalling can affect the ecology of automobility in ways that entrench powerful + moneyed interests while undermining #ConsumerWelfare + the #PublicGood
Bricolageyumyum.bsky.social & mcforelle.bsky.social: https://doi.org/pcgp
Des résidus de pneus retrouvés dans de nombreux légumes vendus en Suisse 
Tyre particles found in many vegetables sold in Switzerland
https://www.europesays.com/1760164/ Detroit Auto Show expected to bring big bucks for city’s economy #Attendance #Automobility #ClaudeMolinari #DetroitAutoShow #EconomicImpact #Economy #hospitality #VisitDetroit
Tangled up in oil in Petrotopia
Imagine life on an Island that has to import 91% of fuel from overseas.
And the entire matrix of the place has been set up for oil dependency a century ago.
Without a car there is no mobility (in Petrotopia)
Without a car one can't get stuff (made /transported by fossil fuels)
Without a car one can't get to work or other places
Without a car one can't drop off the kids
Without a car one can't empty the dogs
Without a car one can't go for a walk
Without a car /mower one can't do the endless lawns
Without a car/ boat/ plane one can't re-create or have a holiday
Australia is reliant on imports for around 91% of fuel consumption.
https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/australia-91-reliant-on-foreign-oil-research-report/
Bondre, N. (2023). Petromobility and Energy Coloniality in Puerto Rico: Reading Luis Rafael Sánchez’s La Guaracha Del Macho Camacho. Green Letters, 27(2), 219–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/14688417.2023.2243488
#energy #FossilFuels #cars #oil #petroleum #fuel #mobility modernity #dependency #EnergyDependency #Australia #islands #infrastructure #automobility #roads #malls #highways #Petrotopia #PetroMelancholia #CarDependency #MobilityDesign #ClimateBreakdown #transformation #societies
All suburbs in Australia need “a fully-staffed control room where they can keep an eye on crowd and traffic management.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-04/summernats-command-centre-police-powers/104781278
#Fossilfuel #cars #hoons #burnouts #BadAppleMyth #automobility #panopticon #petroculture #Australia #recreation #OilGuzzlingLifestyle #petrotopia #culture #ClimateBreakdown
Declining reading rates in Australia
Australians are reading less than other countries. They are buying and reading fewer books than people in many other countries. Why?
Car dependency, sprawling suburbia and a public transport desert do not allow for a culture of reading (while commuting).
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https://theconversation.com/australians-are-reading-less-than-other-countries-a-new-report-shows-why-243272
#books #reading #culture #cars #sprawl #commuting #mindsets #harm #automobility #PublicTransport #PublicHealth #MobilityDesign #FossilFuels #dependency
@cstross @jason0x21 @quixoticgeek You're not saying this, but please don't make the next reasoning that this means all anti-EV sentiment is directly or indirectly caused by oil companies. There's still a case to be made against #automobility in general, and EV is currently the newest attempt at saving automobility.
