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Yes. And that’s true in the case I’m describing as well. I feel like you’re being deliberately obtuse.

Yes. And I’m not sure why you think it’s insane when that’s how it is basically everywhere in the world they’re built lol

“Need” is irrelevant when they already exist and aren’t going away any time soon.

But as for why it was built: it’s a busy business town. Residential is all in the south (away from the highway and major roads) and the north is almost entirely offices, hotels, restaurants, and a giant mall.

It’s my second least favorite suburb but I don’t have much of a choice but to work here unless I completely change careers. The only viable competitor is in the same town.

That’s fair but it’s still significantly less doable outside of the city in the US. Most of our towns sprawl, they’re built for cars. Residential is far from the office parks and those office parks are surrounded by 4-6 lane roads with no bike lanes. I feel lucky to have found a place with a bikeable a grocery store.

It’s bad and I hate it but that’s reality for most people.

Lucky you but perhaps everyone’s situation is different?? I used to bike to work (city) but now I can’t afford to live within a reasonable biking distance of my current job (not city) so I drive. Thankfully it’s only twice a week but I also have family, friends, and hobbies…most of which are out of biking range…

I WISH I could go back to using my bike for everything but I can’t so I hate the stupid “I do it so clearly everyone can” mindset so much of the anti-car crowd seems to have.

So are they gonna change their name to EDA? Environmental Destruction Agency?

That’s called an anecdote and I’ve got one, too: I stopped eating red meat and now I don’t find beef or lamb appetizing at all.

Seems like it doesn’t happen to everyone and the article agrees with that

Of the 40 participants, 28 reported an increase in meat disgust.

Ok…I get what you’re saying…but your conclusion doesn’t match your title. Correct me if I’m wrong but your post says that email is bad because most people use Gmail/outlook so we should start using the old, supposedly more eco-friendly, paper mail…for a little while…until we switch back to email.

I don’t care if all the paper is recyclable/recycled when the first R is REDUCE. The only way physical mail could be environmentally-preferable is if we lived in a fantasy world where all mail is local and the mailman rides a bike. Unfortunately, that is not the case.

An “email protest” will not work because they do not care about the individual user. You said it yourself that most companies use these services so unless you can convince thousands of IT admins to pull the plug, the only impact will be a slight increase in emissions from paper mail.

I do like where your head is at so please don’t take my criticism as an insult, I just think you drew the wrong conclusion after assessing the problem. I would be totally on board if your goal was to get stop using these providers…but I completely disagree with the steps you’ve laid out to accomplish it

Didn’t it “spike” like…05%?

Weren’t mushroom burials “debunked”?

Right! I didn’t know that until I looked it up to include a picture and read the Wikipedia page. I’ve never heard it used in any other context than a front deck

I was going to ask what you call “the area traditionally called a porch” until I discovered…calling the sitting area in front of a house a “porch” started in the southern US.

It’s a way to counteract the environmental benefits of not maintaining a lawn by wasting electricity to generate an image instead of using one of the thousands of suitable pictures that already exist. Duh