Comment by bix6

Comment by bix6 14 hours ago

7 replies

I volunteer yeah. I can get everywhere I need on my bike so horse and buggy would give me enough range and prevent all the over touristing.

dingnuts 13 hours ago

there are many problems with this attitude but even bicycles require industrial processes and trade to maintain. Mainly the tires but if anything breaks the metallurgy for the spokes wouldn't be available

  • bix6 12 hours ago

    Sure there are also many problems with saying only tech can fix all our issues. Tech is the reason we have all these issues in the first place. People survived just fine in teepees. Some might even say they lived a better life before the tech (guns) and non-native disease enabled by tech (travel) wiped them out. Swap the bike for a horse then. All you need for that is wild food and people who care about animals.

    • lazide 11 hours ago

      Noble savage much?

      They had war, rapes, atrocities, tragedies, plagues, shittiness, famines, etc. too you know.

      At least from what we’ve been able to gather after they mostly got wiped out.

      It is no picnic living in a preindustrial society.

      • bix6 10 hours ago

        It’s no picnic right now either. Massive inequality while the world prepares to wipe us all away.

        I’m aware of the stats about xyz improving over time. But if we let the earth fall apart, as is the trend, it’s all for naught.

  • JackMorgan 13 hours ago

    This feels like whataboutism. "Sure, you're not doing international air travel and avoiding all the incredible waste of a modern car, but whatabout that small amount of resources needed for a bike?!"

    It encourages helplessness and fatalism. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.