I mean, I agree, but I feel like now wasn't the best time to pursue this.
The future isn't electric cars, the future is virtually no cars
This letter from leading British scientists warns that shifting to electric cars by 2050 will require a violent increase in resource extraction. We need to replace combustion cars with electric, yes. But more importantly, we need to reduce car use. https://t.co/WFAlznIWZL?amp=1
Lithium mining for electric cars is already generating an ecological crisis in the Andes, burning through water tables, draining lakes, destroying ecosystems and driving indigenous farmers off their land.
To transition the global fleet of 2 billion vehicles to electric will require extracting 24 million tonnes of lithium, with catastrophic ecological consequences. Yes, we need electric cars. But we will also need to consume fewer cars in the first place. #degrowth
— Jason Hickel
#degrowth — Jason Hickelhe's got a new book about it
The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and immediate change: DEGROWTH.
If we want to have a shot at halting the crisis, we need to restore the balance. We need to change how we see nature and our place in it, shifting from a philosophy of domination and extraction to one that's rooted in reciprocity and regeneration. We need to evolve beyond the dogmas of capitalism to a new system that is fit for the twenty-first century. But what does such a society look like? What about jobs? What about health? What about progress?
neoliberal redditors: "why do you hate the global poor, this is eco-fascism, to me"
I'm pretty sure that the phrase "a violent increase in resource extraction" gets every capitalist hard.
too little, too late, and as always going after people who are just trying to live rather than the people actually destroying the environment. ahh liberalism, never change.
Okay, so will the electrical grid of California be capable of charging however million cars are expected to replace gas vehicles
The same electrical grid that blows up every summer
Epic, I can't wait to fuel my car with fossil fuels converted into electricity
I like this solely because my chud coworkers lost their minds yesterday when this was announced
so like Cuba has old fashioned cars...but the "old fashions" will be the ugly, grey shit cars we have today instead of actually cool ones
