Disneyland faces pressure to electrify its stinky 'Autopia' ride, and quick
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Holy fucking smokes, Batman. Was the mouse the evil one all along?
Well, much more likely after Walt Disney died.
Oh man it was worst??? Was the worst faux car experience I ever had.
Those are probably the same engines used in small AC generators and manual lawnmowers. Yes, the four-stroke ones are better but have you ever used a lawnmower? It is loud and stinky.
I don’t get why they haven’t replaced it by now. Very boring ride that takes up so much more room than its worth
A very good analog to all your car infrastructure then.
Yes, that's literally what the ride is about: the now-failed '50s vision of car-dependent America as an "auto utopia."
It's in Tomorrowland, but it smells like 1979. Good to remember where we came from as long as we're actually going somewhere else.
They should rebrand to Yesterdayland.
So, how was Disneyland?
Well, I've been stuck in a traffic jam, breathing exhaust gasses all day.
Oh you didn't went?
What are you talking about? Autopia was great!
relevant Simpsons
https://youtu.be/0wjyaF8ut_E
This is a thing? Wtf.
The ride predates most US freeway construction — it was meant to serve as a vision for what an automobile-heavy society could look like.
A torment nexus of sorts
Omg
Yeah i went on this in 2013 in Paris, i was stunned that PR wholesome Disney was happy to poison families as part of the ride, i distinctly recall my wife and i discussing how dumb it was. I'm equally as stunned in 2024 it's still not been switched to electric cars, i honestly assumed (wrongly) i was seeing the last of the petrol Disney car rides a decade ago.
We're super fucked re climate change aren't we?
And boomers on Facebook are crying emoji reacting, and talk about how they could tune and repair 1970's engines on the side of the road with minimal tools.
Goddamn car enthusiasts, they need their choice of transportation to be literally evil.
Boomers: "I used to be able to fix my car myself"
Also boomers: "New cars should have heated gas pedals"
I wouldnt go as far as to call the horseless carraige evil, but you could absolutely argue that between how they isolate people in bubbles, kill pedestrians and are contributing to climate change anti-social for sure
ben hur is out of a job? i dont get it.
I avenged my sister and mother's (supposed) death from leprosy by racing my Roman
boyfriendchildhood friend to the deathIt’s important to teach children about queuing in traffic early.
This is silly, Autopia is not a significant source of pollution. This is like the plastic straw thing.
If you want less problems from cars and oil, build real car-free infrastructure and leave the charming novelty alone, it makes as much pollution as your yard care company does with it's blowers.
Sure... But it's a ride in Tomorrowland. It's a travesty that those things aren't solar powered hovercars or some shit.
Is it in Tomorrowland? lol
Noisy and smelly cars exhausting particulate matter into the lungs of children is your idea of a "charming novelty"? Yes, it's a drop in the ocean overall but it's a bad look and Disney should be selling a better future and not just reinforcing our disgusting past (and present for that matter).
And on your leaf blower point, frankly they should be all electric at this point, both because of their pollution but also the extremely annoying noise that people around them have to suffer.
Ever been to a campfire? Roast some marshmallows? Should we ban that too?
There's a huge difference between building a society dependent on dirty death machines, and a play area where death is nearly impossible and people are exposed to (the same pollutants from the vehicles all around the park) for a few minutes. Even if we get past the car era, don't be surprised to see racetracks and car dedicated areas. This isn't going to change overnight and concern about a Disneyland ride is a distraction from important work.
I think California did ban campfires. At least all fire pits in residential seem to be propane now, no more wood.
This is another population thing IMO, campfires aren't inherently bad and are a part of our evolution. They become inappropriate when you have too many people.
Some will, sure, that proves nothing. Humans will race everything.
Ban campfires? Yes.