Wealthy white men from rural areas are the UK’s biggest emitters of climate-heating gases from transport, according to a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
The richest 0.1% in Britain emit 22 times more from transport than low earners & 12 times more than average. Income is directly linked to levels of mobility.
In the UK, transport is now the largest source of emissions.
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A huge congratulations to @philipthalis on his well-deserved award.
Philip is undeniably both one of Australia's most respected architects and a tireless advocate for good urban design.
More importantly, he's not afraid to speak up publicly against bad state government planning decisions, as he did with Barangaroo, even when there's a personal cost.
So despite climate change, Australia's federal government has just committed an extra $3.25 billion into building a toll road and a 20-lane freeway widening.
"Pouring an extra $3.25 billion worth of federal funds into Melbourne’s North East Link is a good use of taxpayer money, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has insisted, despite the project’s cost doubling just a few months ago.
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"The North East Link – which includes 6½ kilometres of tunnels – will stretch from Bulleen to Greensborough. It will widen the Eastern Freeway by up to 20 lanes.
"Allan revealed in December that the 10-kilometre toll road had more than doubled in cost since it was first announced.
"The toll road was initially budgeted at $10 billion and reassessed in 2019 at $15 billion. But the government revealed last year that the updated cost estimate was $26 billion."
"#Tajikistan produces more than 95% of its electricity with #hydropower and has a large potential to expand production. However, the country lacks fossil fuel resources and is highly dependent on imported fuel. In the #transport sector, these factors make shifting to electricity from fossil fuels very attractive."
Elon Musk once promised Tesla vehicles would have insanely high resale value because they’d all be robotaxis. Owners must be pissed he keeps gutting the value of vehicles they paid much more for a few years back.
“The rise of the Chinese EV industry has been enabled not only by generous government subsidies but also by profound changes in strategy and organization, and in particular by a distinctive revival of vertical integration—at both individual firm and national levels. The approach is perfectly exemplified by BYD, which has sought to bring virtually all aspects of the value chain under its control.”
Elon Musk never wanted to build the low-cost car, according to Walter Isaacson. He wanted the design team to focus on the robotaxi, but they eventually convinced him to do both. Now he’s overruled them again.
If the board really cares about Tesla, they’d use this to oust Musk.
Kara Swisher in “Burn Book”: Travis Kalanick was so evil because he wanted to replace drivers with AI in 2014 — and I didn’t say anything about my objection at the time.
Kara Swisher, March 2024: “People are the problem with driving” and they should all be replaced. 🫠
A top European auto safety body is releasing new rules that will require physical buttons and knobs for key vehicle features to receive a full five-star safety rating. I’d like to see the same in North America.
Behind Elon Musk’s empire is a mountain of environmental waste and countless stories of worker harm.
In a Patreon bonus episode, I spoke to Linette Lopez about how he went after Tesla worker Martin Tripp and his growing ties to authoritarian governments.
This week in the Disconnect Roundup I talk about why the Apple Car never made any sense, should’ve been cancelled long ago, and should be the death of self-driving hype. Plus, recommended reads, labor updates, and other news!
I hope this is the final nail in the coffin of the idea that self-driving cars will make any meaningful difference in transportation. It was never true, but distracted so many people from real solutions for over a decade.
Having more money than sense, Apple threw billions at a bad idea they should’ve pulled the plug on years ago.