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The 15-minute city: It's a global climate solution — if it can get past conspiracy theories and NIMBYs (www.npr.org)
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[–] Haus@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I was today years old when I heard about the 15-minute city conspiracy theory on NPR. It's quite a thing that after 30 years of continual assaults on reason like the ozone layer, George Bush, Iraq, global warming, Alaska Barbie, "I'm Not A Witch", Jim Inhofe, Trump, COVID & Giuliani - Republicans are still capable of surprising me with their stupidity.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 years ago

I was driving to a farm when I heard about that. Imagine being scared that public transit is going to make getting place to place harder