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-Fuel consumption has almost doubled in the US since 1970, despite fuel efficiency improvements. Source: US Energy Information Administration.+_Fuel consumption has almost doubled in the US since 1970, despite fuel efficiency improvements. Source: US Energy Information Administration._
  
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-This is low-impact transport…+_This is low-impact transport…_
  
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-... and this isn't.+_... and this isn't._
  
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 ### Democracy ### Democracy
  
-- Fewer cars sold and fewer flights means less money for car, aviation and oil corporations and less wealth concentration, which [corrupts democracy](/thde/the_democracy_problem).+- Fewer cars sold and fewer flights means less money for car, aviation and oil corporations and less wealth concentration, which [corrupts democracy](/demo/democracy).
  
  
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-Would our communities be better or worse without all this?+_Would our communities be better or worse without all this?_
  
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-Walking – the greenest mode of transport of all: the more you do, the fitter you’ll get, with no environmental side-effects.+_Walking – the greenest mode of transport of all: the more you do, the fitter you’ll get, with no environmental side-effects._
  
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-40% of car journeys are less than 2 miles. Only 27% of people questioned disagreed with the statement “Many of the journeys of less than 2 miles that I now make by car I could just as well walk.” Source: UK Office for National Statistics.+_40% of car journeys are less than 2 miles. Only 27% of people questioned disagreed with the statement “Many of the journeys of less than 2 miles that I now make by car I could just as well walk.” Source: UK Office for National Statistics._
  
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-Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation are set to rise from 7% now to 25% by 2050 – but aviation fuel is exempt from taxes (House of Commons Library Briefing Paper, Oct 2019).+_Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation are set to rise from 7% now to 25% by 2050 – but aviation fuel is exempt from taxes (House of Commons Library Briefing Paper, Oct 2019)._
  
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