Carmageddon: how cars make life worse and what to do about it

"The automobile was one of the most miraculous inventions of the 20th century. It promised freedom, style, and utility. But sometimes, rather than improving our lives technology just makes everything worse. Over the past century cars have filled the air with toxic pollutants and fueled climate...

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1. Verfasser: Knowles, Daniel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Abrams Press 2023
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Zusammenfassung:"The automobile was one of the most miraculous inventions of the 20th century. It promised freedom, style, and utility. But sometimes, rather than improving our lives technology just makes everything worse. Over the past century cars have filled the air with toxic pollutants and fueled climate change. Cars have stolen public space and made our cities uglier, dirtier, less useful, and more unequal. Cars have caused tens of millions of deaths and injuries. They have wasted our time and our money. In Carmageddon, journalist Daniel Knowles outlines the rise of the automobile and the costs we all bear as a result. Weaving together history, economics, and reportage, Knowles traces the forces and decisions that normalized cars and cemented our reliance on them"--
Beschreibung:Includes index
Beschreibung:248 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781419758805
1419758802

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