And used Nissan Leafs (Leaves?)
mbelcher
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Cut near the ground, then take a dauber full of roundup/glyphosate concentrate and carefully put it on the cut, making sure to coat the outer edge of the cut.
You want to make sure to get it on the cambium layer in the bark, as this will be where the privet pulls the roundup down into the root, killing the extensive root system that privet can develop.
Note that even with using roundup it may take a couple years to actually kill the privet.
The concept is good. A DIY alternative would be to build a foam+fiberglass shell around an e-trike for most of the same benefits.
Taking a look at most city maps I’m surprised how many areas, even older suburbs, fit the definition of 15 min cities already.
The issue is breaking the monopoly of the car on planning and actually making them bike and pedestrian friendly.
I encourage everyone to figure out the 15 minute bike radius around themselves and marvel at just how complete a life one can live in it.
It’s easy to set it up as a mobile “off-grid” wifi access point to host a calibre library of banned books.
https://github.com/hydroponictrash/Tiny-Banned-Book-Library
Far-right instances Gab and TruthSocial are also technically mastodon. By this metric mastodon also has a nazi problem.
Any software that allows people to communicate over the internet will be used by horrible people to do horrible things.
For thousands of years humans have lived in "15 min villages" where almost everything has been nearby.
And most 15 min city definitions I've seen includes some sort of bike option.
I encourage everyone who lives in a city (or suburb) to look up routes from their home to groceries/pharmacies/schools/etc on google maps. I just did for myself and I'm already in a 15 minute city.
What's lacking is the infrastructure for people to safely get to these places without a car.
Monk and Robot books by becky chambers are a good introduction to what is possible in a solarpunk setting.
Decathlon? They used to carry somewhat decent wool shirts. The ones I got from there still hold up.