Car-free erranding and productivity
So I haven't written my car-free erranding story yet, but one of the replies I got did inspire this week's column, "I'm Too Busy to Go by Car." It's timely, since Take Back Your Time Day (Oct. 24) is rapidly approaching. (Not to mention that I've managed to overschedule myself with projects again. I think. Or maybe I've hit it just right. I won't know until a few weeks from now.)
“I wonder if you could be persuaded to consider the viewpoint that bending over backwards not to use a car might not be good for the environment,” wrote one fellow folkie. “If doing without a car . . . means things take a lot more time and hassle, that’s got to reduce your productivity, keeping you from doing whatever it is that you do best. That ultimately will reduce the amount of wealth and time available for solving environmental problems in other ways.”
Dutifully, I considered."