In reply to Jon. Hey Jon, YES! 1) bigger backpack. I use this fancy Ebags...
Hi MMM! This article stuck with me years ago when I read it. This year I'm finally making changes and taking advantage of my bike! I even used it to commute 9 miles to work the other day and felt...
I actually prefer walking. It loosens up my shoulders tight from working at the computer. And I live in Houston's most walkable complete community, a rare thing. And in recent years, gentrificati...
Oh my god, as someone from Hawaii I've never understood it. We pride ourselves in taking care of the island and making it the beautiful place it is, and then we fuck it all up by driving cars eve...
All good points, especially the part where the car is literally transporting a couple hundred pounds of weight at most, whilst the car itself weighs over a ton. Highly inefficient use of resource...
Hey! HEY! (Frowning with an angry voice.) I like my car. Actually, I should say, I like my carS, all four of them, yes, four, and yes, it's just me. No I haven't figured out how to drive them all...
I like this post for so many reasons: +1 for spelling kilometre correctly +1 for talking about the sheer inefficiency of cars à la Amory Lovins +1 for tying the environmental aspect of car use w...
I happened upon this post and was intrigued, maybe I just miss driving to work! Yikes did I EVER think I would say that? Anyway, before the pandemic of 2020, I decided to really take on the drivi...
Hello, I am relatively new to FIRE, but I've been unwittingly living a bit of a FIRE live for quite some time. This is the first time I've attempted responding to any articles and I know this one...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pickup-trucks-are-getting-huge-got-a-problem-with-that-11596254412?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=5 Very funny WSJ article Saturday on the menace of large trucks. Hate ...
saw this in the NY Times and made me think of this old MMM posting. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/opinion/sunday/ban-cars-manhattan-cities.html
Just for your interest: a recent study that reveals what all MM already know. "Running a car costs much more than people think". https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01118-w
Here we are with a two ton Defender 90, sounds like it's coughing out dying insects and guitily loving every moment of it. Not American though, not even close - my primary vehicle is a motorcycle...
" I find the urge to get off my bike and walk down the lineup systematically PUNCHING EACH DRIVER IN THE FACE through their open window to be almost overwhelming." Love your articles..love the ad...
Is it true that there are movie theatres for cars in USA? I saw this in a movie but not sure if it was a joke or not.
I've been cycling since I was 9, back in 1961. I drive too, now and then, but I cycle to work 9 miles total every day, and to shop, see friends, everything pretty much.... At 67 I feel, well abou...