Originally Posted by
Roody
The point isn't to deny or denounce technology. The point is to differentiate between good uses and inappropriate uses of technology. Using Vicodin to ease the pain of a broken arm is good tech. Crushing Vicodin and snorting it to get high is inappropriate tech. There are good reasons to use cars, but owning one just to make short runs in a congested city is inappropriate tech.
My son had his smart phone stolen yesterday. He was literally grieving for that phone. "Boo-hoo, I can't watch videos, listen to my music, and play my games." I told him that just a few years ago he was happy without any cell phone, let alone a smart one. "I was happy then because I didn't know any better."
I told him to think about that statement!
Yes I agree about appropriate tech.
I don't see myself car light or car heavy but I use my car to go to then local supermarket which takes me:
2 mins in the car there and 2 mins back = 4 mins;
3 mins on bike plus 3 mins back plus 1 minute putting on bike shoes plus 1 main locking and unlocking bike equals 10 mins;
6 mins walking there and 6 back equals 12 mins.
In this case I always use the car. Is it worth having a car for such a journey? Absolutely not. But since I have a car, I'll just use it. I make several shirt journeys on weekends between 2 mins and 15 mins each way and I never use the bike. I only use the bike for commuting because car parking, congestion charge zones etc are too expensive. Its slightly quicker by car but I find a lot of that time Im sitting in traffic.