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Who said net zero? Perfect is the enemy of good.

> Who said net zero?

OP is expressing dismay at EVs and suggesting building bike lanes instead. (Not in addition to.) The latter doesn’t solve the problem the former is being built to address. More bikes is nice. More EVs are necessary.

Suggesting more bikes as an alternative to EVs isn’t perfect versus good, it’s fielding rubber ducks against battleships.

> Not in addition to

Interesting. I didn't read that at all, but now this conversation makes a little more sense.

But suggesting bike lanes, not positioned as an replacement to cars, is a great idea.

Comments like these need to be included in almost any discussion about transport or in fact any discussion about any change. Most people (or both sides) dismiss ideas because they are not 100% perfect. And ignore the fact that nothing can be perfect

If we only do a little bit, we'll only accomplish a little bit.

Yes, we'd better not do a little bit. Surely then, we'll accomplish a lot.

Perhaps we could spend the billions on electric cars rather than on unused bicycle lanes.

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