Originally Posted by
Tightwad
" In general, spend more time talking about practicalities and less about ideology."
Like it or not the "ideology" is a very important step to getting more people on
bike , or walking, on the way to a car-lite America. Without the "ideology"
discussion people will not buy into the very real need that is driving the
movment towards car-lite America. After the public is convinced the
rest is fairly easy.
I don't mind the ethics and ideology posts even though I think I became car free from self interest rather than altruism. When I first came here some of the ethics posters made me think differently about my decisions. I'm not convinced by the ideological and peak oiler points of view but their posts give a framework for looking at whats happening in the world. I have to admit I don't read all the threads about cars but I can understand that if someone is going to advocate car free that person might have to say whats wrong with cars in addition to whats so great about car free. A friend is going through car repair hell right now and just complained that her office has changed locations from bikeable to non-bikeable. She feels abused by the auto repair shop and doesn't have the bike to work luxury to spend time researching the problem. These stories make us car free people feel lucky and the stories can't be told without mentioning cars.