No. Rural people do a lot of walking because the remote areas in which they live are safe to walk on. They grow their own crops. And in Ireland, rural people never use the tumble dryer in the summer, only during winter. They are more self-sufficient and more environmentally conscious.

But guess who is more responsible for car-dependency in America, Canada and Ireland? Urban planners. They design cities and towns where you need a car to get around. There are cities and suburban areas in North America with no footpaths/sidewalks, so they are not safe for pedestrian use. Public transport is unreliable and unsafe so people don't want to use them. Finally, separate zoning laws have made it illegal for shops and houses to be build in the same zoning area. In American suburban housing estates there are no shops or services so suburbanites are forced to drive to buy groceries. In fact, there are no semi-detached houses in America while in Ireland they're the norm, so suburbs are more dense and less car-dependent in Ireland.

In essence, fix the retarded urban and suburban planning laws instead of telling rural people what to do.