The has got to be an alternate route that is nicer than that, that’s wild.

Well they could also be lying or exaggerating to make a point, but we don’t really know.

But I get that sone areas are incredibly car centric and leave you little choice.

That’s what I witnessed when I visited the US, though I went on the east coast so not as car centric as the rest of the country. Haven’t been to India, so I’m not sure how bad it is there for real.

My own country isn’t exactly the paragon of public transit, but it’s good enough that you’ve got literal carbrains going “eh I could just take the bus to work and have a fun project car instead of a boring daily commuter”. Walking is an option pretty much everywhere too, even the large stroads leading in and out of cities (essentially the highway continuing into the city, really), have sidewalks and pedestrian crossings. If I need to go 1 KM in any direction here, I walk

And a meat company has been named after them in my country lol

Yes, you can also see mopeds and such in the photo. 2 stroke mopeds of course are even worse for emissions than cars. Modern 4 stroke ones not so much, but if you’re limited to 50cc, they’re ridiculously underpowered, not particularly long lasting, etc. Not sure what the regulations on this area in India.

And sure, you can definitely walk. You can walk on the side of a highway too, nobody’s stopping you. Why are people complaining about car centric city design in the US? You CAN walk. It’s not safe to in many places, but you CAN.

For real though, some people don’t want to walk on what is essentially a highway. It’s unsafe. There should be better options for pedestrians.

The environmental break even period for EVs is getting shorter and shorter as the power grids get cleaner and cleaner.

It was a somewhat solid argument against buying new EVs to replace working ICE cars over 10 years ago, but now it’s really not.

That’s what I’ve heard as well. Unfortunately not a lot of authentic Thai restaurants here in Estonia. Will be sure to try one when I see a promising place and have an evening I’m prepared to spend in agonizing pain.

ITT: Some people want OOP’s wife and kid to walk to school on what’s essentially a highway. Others seem to realize that there might be a reason why OOP’s wife needs the car, and given that OOP’s done 65000 km in 15 years, he’s not exactly doing a whole lot of driving with it.

There’s also suggestions of using public transport, but if that even exists for their route, OOP’s wife can’t exactly just go walk on a bus, she could get gang raped, because this is Delhi.

We’re not talking about a big SUV either. It’s a tiny little hatchback, the most city-friendly car possible:

The situation sucks for everyone involved. Whereas in the west we’re used to it being just a transit availability issue, in parts of the world there’s also the safety issue. Yes, the famous gang-rape-set-on-fire-murder case was 13 years ago, but that doesn’t mean Delhi is magically safe now. It’s still a huge issue.

What if the walk is on a busy road with no sidewalks?

Guess what:

OP of course says that he’s used to walking in worse, therefore OOP’s kid should also just walk on the sidewalkless busy road.

I walked (or cycled or took the bus in the winter) to school when I was a kid, but this is not a safe environment, why do we want kids to walk here:

He also posted a photo of the road. It’s 2 lanes of chaotic traffic in each direction, no sidewalk. You can’t walk there, you’ll get hit by something sooner or later. It supposedly also gets up to 44C (of course on an asphalt road the air temp might be higher than that). I choose to believe that because apparently the temperature record in New Delhi is over 50C.

He also posted a photo of the road. It’s 2 lanes of chaotic traffic in each direction, no sidewalk. You can’t walk there, you’ll get hit by something sooner or later. It supposedly also gets up to 44C (of course on an asphalt road the air temp might be higher than that). I choose to believe that because apparently the temperature record in New Delhi is over 50C.

Unfortunately fuel being burned in other countries is still heating up their environment.

Also idk if you’ve heard, but India isn’t exactly a rich place. A lot of people can’t afford EVs. Despite the fact that yes, the Indian market has cheap options available. But my man in the tweet has been nursing a Hyundai i10 for 15 years. He ain’t exactly trying to spend money on cars.

The entire policy is designed to hurt poor people that are car dependent (if you look at the photo of the street in his other tweet, you’ll see why he isn’t walking the 1 kilometer. There’s no sidewalk).

If the government also gave him a good public transit option with AC, the fuel ban could easily be justified. As it is now, rich people will buy newer cars and poor people will be criminals, or take on debt they can’t afford to get buy newer cars.

Honestly if he’s done 65000 km in 15 years it may well be that he only uses it to drive routes where you literally can’t walk, like this one.

Stepson. Not a born royal, nor one that the royal family accepts as one of their own. Nobody seems to like him.

Wait what?

That’s more like it. In Estonian we call it “hapukurk” or “sour cucumber” which implies fermented too. You can have all kinds of different flavours too. I’ve never made them myself (yet) but my mom usually adds garlic cloves, blackcurrant leaves and dill, all from her garden of course. It’s delicious.

So what would you consider spicy now?

Uh… Whatever you say, that’s not really a thing this side of the ocean. We use a lot of different things in pickles - never have I seen anyone use HFCS. Not even in store bought pickles.

I tried Fanta in the US and it was disgusting compared to the European version. If the corn syrup is what causes that and they also put it in pickles where you come from, I understand why you might prefer the salt type. But I assure you, even store bought vinegar pickles are way superior to salt pickles here.

You’ve never had the good stuff then. Salt brine based is boring.

Remember how corporations are people? Well, bots can be human if you pay enough.

Yea, but I’m not eating them for health reasons and the brine ones suck lol