How to downsize a transport network?

by Kris De Decker

Fast and cheap transportation props up industrial societies, both for the moving of people and cargo. However, our transport networks are very wasteful of energy and utterly dependent on fossil fuels. In this series of articles, Low-tech Magazine critically examines the call for electrified vehicles, which depend on unsustainable batteries and infrastructures. Much more important than the chosen power source is vehicle size, weight, speed, acceleration, and comfort level. Furthermore, public transport is more resource efficient, and we could electrify it without batteries. The book's second part deals with long-distance planes, trains, sailing ships, and ocean liners. By placing transportation technology in a historical context, Low-tech Magazine challenges our high-tech approach to sustainability and highlights the possibilities of alternative solutions.

Contents
How to Downsize a Transport the Chinese Wheelbarrow
The Citroën 2 Cleantech from the 1940s
The Status Quo of Electric Better Batteries, Same Range
Electric as Fast and Comfortable as Automobiles, but 80 times more Efficient
Get Wired Trolleybuses and Trolleytrucks
High Speed Trains are Killing the European Railway Network
Life Without from London to New York in 3 Days and 12 Hours
How to Design a Sailing Ship for the 21st Century?

169 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 30, 2024