Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do about It
Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do about It A high-octane polemic against cars--which are ruining the world, while making us unhappy and unhealthy--from a talented young writer at…
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Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do about It
A high-octane polemic against cars--which are ruining the world, while making us unhappy and unhealthy--from a talented young writer at the EconomistThe automobile was one of the most miraculous inventions of the 20th century. But sometimes, rather than improving our lives technology just makes everything worse. It promised freedom, style, and utility.
Cars have stolen public space and made our cities uglier, dirtier, less useful, and more unequal. Over the past century cars have filled the air with toxic pollutants and fueled climate change. 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