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Pros of golf carts and neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) replacing all private cars within a city:
- Only goes as fast as a bicycle, so isn’t a viable suburban commuter vehicle, meaning you’ll probably only take it to the nearest transit station
- Only goes as fast as a bicycle, so isn’t likely to kill people
- Excellent visibility, so less likely to run over children
- Much smaller and lighter, so building parking garages for park-and-rides would be a lot cheaper and less objectionable than with our current style of cars
- Electric
- Smaller batteries than jumbo EVs
- Compatible with dense, transit-oriented city development
- Could be installed with mandatory speed limiters
Cons:
- Less profit for GM and ExxonMobil
Why do you say that? Losing connection with community is the exact reason the Amish ban cars. You rested your whole argument on this, too, so you’ll need to convince me a little harder that up is down.
You’ve just proven their point. Isolationists ban cars.
The Amish isolate themselves from others for religious reasons. Most people don’t want to do that.
But they remain connected with each other.
Debatable
It’s a cult is detached from society and it often ostracizes their own.
If your community is based on literally limiting everyone’s freedom of movement and communication by banning technology it’s pretty toxic.