Video ID: J-D9Abb5aoQ
YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-D9Abb5aoQ
Added At: 13-06-25 21:16:23
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Sentiment: Neutral
Categories: Finance
Tags: Transportation, Economy, Car dependency, Practicality, Realism, Perspective, Common sense
Summary
Cars are a crucial part of the economy, with 70% of economic activity relying on them. The speaker argues that even those who don't drive themselves still rely on cars for deliveries and transportation.’
Transcript
environmentalists who say we need to get rid of cars. And the truth of the matter is that about 70% of the economy depends on cars and vans and what you might call independently driven stuff. The whole supply chain, that smug bastard who goes, "No, no, no. I take the bus to everywhere." Yes. But you eat food that's been delivered in a van. All you've done is you've outsourced the driving to van drivers. You haven't actually escaped from the car. What happens is you have walking and other forms and then the bicycle kicks in provided it's not uphill and it's not raining and you don't have any luggage and you don't have any children and then there's a there's a certain distance both for commuting into big cities and for intercity journeys where the train is really good and then right at the right hand side it's got to be a plane okay you're not going to drive to you know you're not going to drive to Australia the car which is close second best for practically every journey of any distance doesn't matter what time of day it is whether you have passengers Whether you have luggage, whether it's raining, the car, regardless of any of those other contextual factors, will do the job really, really well. When I go to Manchester to see my daughter, you know, if I'm going for two nights, I'll take the train. If I'm going for four nights, I'll drive. [Music]