I can agree that cars aren't great for cities. But some of the research he goes into is really doing it's best to stretch the truth.
The fumes from a car in the city are not as concerning as the smoke from a cigarette for example. Same for household gas use.
This is exactly the mentality measured in the study. Car exhaust kills tens of thousands annually in the US alone yet it’s so normalized that people not only don’t think about it but actively try to downplay it. That’s cognitive bias at work.
Alright, and smoking kills hundreds of thousands. But more annoyingly, smokers puff their smoke into public spaces, like events, restaurants, streets etc.
They're disgusting and you have to actively avoid them to not be bothered by them. Cars stick to the road tho.
perhaps a bit of context: I don't live in the car dependent united states
Turn your car on in your garage for 20 minutes then after that hot box the garage with cigarettes for 20 minutes and tell me which one you like better
I dunno, do you like to drive your car in shared public terras? Smokers there are obnoxious af
