The Social Ideology of the Motorcar by André Gorz

[confusedcyclist]

http://notanothercyclingforum.net/bikereader/contributors/misc/gorz.html

Cracking article, give it a good read.

 

[Drago]

Interesting, but flawed.

 

[confusedcyclist]

Ah, sorry, it was presented in my news feed, I did not realise it was written in the 1970s!

 

[Drago]

Ah, sorry, it was presented in my news feed, I did not realise it was written in the 1970s!

Still interesting though. While I disagree with him over the originans of the problem, and don't buy into some of the commie wistfulness, I think he's largely right on the solution. T'was a genuinely interesting read.

 

[theclaud]

Masterpiece.

See also Ivan Illich's Energy & Equity.

 

[User6179]

[QUOTE 5202994, member: 9609"]apparently 1.2 billion of the dam things on the planet now, (about 1 for every 3.5 people of drivng age), we're a very strange species.

if average mileage for vehicles was 8,000 and tyre wear was 100mg per km, then the tire dust (which is basically a toxic microplastic) then we are dumping 1.5 million tonnes of micro plastics per year into the enviroment just from tyre wear.[/QUOTE]

Would bikes doing the same journey be any better?

 

[Drago]

I've often wondered where the tyre and brake dust ends up. Were not knee deep in it, so its gone somewhere.

 

[confusedcyclist]

I've often wondered where the tyre and brake dust ends up. Were not knee deep in it, so its gone somewhere.

Probably a significant proportion is washed out to sea, when it isn't simply captured in soil structure and ingested by wildlife and our own food.

 

[confusedcyclist]

Masterpiece.

See also Ivan Illich's Energy & Equity.

I just sampled a portion of that, bookmarked for later, thank you, looks like a great read.

 

[biggs682]

Ah, sorry, it was presented in my news feed, I did not realise it was written in the 1970s!

Some of us still live in the 70's