This annoyed me so much.
I live in a city that is, effectively, 15 minute accessible. It’s fucking awesome.
And because of the way the roads are laid out, yes, anything within 15 mins walk is going to be quicker to walk to than drive to…Which is probably how it should be.
I honestly wonder who was pushing this nonsense. People who don’t want to walk to the shops?
So, there’s this pair of cunts called the Koch brothers. They have a business that extracts shale gas by fracking and then turns it into plastics for the US domestic market. They’ve done very well out of this business and out of fossil fuels in general.
Somewhat predictably they’re right wing shitheads. They seem to be behind a lot of the bollocks in the Anglosphere at the minute. The distribution network seems to be that they fund various think tanks including a few of the Tufton Street metastasis and also fund Steve Bannon, Turning Point USA and Turning Point UK.
The goal is to keep them and their dynasty on top.
Once the money gets to the UK, usually through Turning Point UK, it funds efforts to distort people’s thinking using social media.
Fifteen minute cities encourage walking and so if people can leave their cars behind that’s one of the major use cases for fossil fuels reduced. Can’t be having that.
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