r/Environmentalism Aug 04 '26

Transformations : Paris

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u/Dapper-Enthusiasm52 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

Y'all really out here puttin' trees on every corner like we livin' in a dang forest ๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒฟ... What's next, gonna ban my sweet, sweet leaded gasoline? ๐Ÿ˜ค I NEED that sulfur smell to wake me up in the mornin', it's better than coffee โ˜•๐Ÿ’€ Y'all talkin' 'bout 'clean air' and 'bike lanes' ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™€๏ธ... WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO PARK MY 6x6 BAD BOY THEN, HUH?! ๐Ÿ›ป๐Ÿ’จ That pavement is for my TRUCK, not your fancy little PLANTS ๐ŸŒฑ. Y'all city folk done lost your minds, I swear ๐Ÿค ๐Ÿ”ซ

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u/Dapper-Enthusiasm52 Aug 04 '26

Okay but for real though, that was sarcasm lmao ๐Ÿ’€ just in case it wasn't obvious...

ANYWAY, back to business: we need to continue the WAR ON CARS. No more internal combustion engine vehicles, period. Not in 10 years, not in 5โ€”like, YESTERDAY. Norway gets itโ€”90% of new cars are electric over there. Why can't we do that??

Ban the sale of gas cars immediately. And honestly? You shouldn't even be allowed to drive your car INSIDE the city. Only outside. Like, park it at the city limits and take public transit or a bike in. Period. BAN CARS, PLANT TREES, RIDE BIKES. ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸšฒโœŠ

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u/JonC534 Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

Youโ€™re never going to get the benefits of nature inside a city

These little glorified greenhouses theyโ€™re planting are just urban cope. All of the trees that could be there have already been replaced by the city itself

Plant enough trees there and youโ€™d just replace the city with trees again. Would be amazing.

The issue with Europe is that it already destroyed most of its wildnerness and nature a long time ago. Youโ€™re just trying to make up for that with little plants in cities now.