Maybe EVs are not a comprehensive climate solution??

    • Skvlp@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      No, it is not. But, while electric vehicles have lower carbon footprint than gasoline powered cars, they have far higher carbon footprint than public transport.

    • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.vg
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      Correct, it's caused by being relatively rich.

      Cars are luxuries. Electric cars are more expensive luxuries.

      • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip
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        1 month ago

        By this logic, if a rich dude makes a public railway system then it’s doesn’t matter that the trains are more environmentally efficient, that person is rich so it invalidates everything else

        • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.vg
          hexagon
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          1 month ago

          Is the railway system for his personal use? Rail is good if it's public transport (and cargo). There was a tradition, some time ago, of rich people getting their own railways and trains. But now they have jets and yachts.

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    EVs are here to save the car/oil cartels not the planet. The planet can not sustain the level of privilege exhibited by these EV owners. Even if the EV makes a slight improvement, it's not nearly enough and it's a symptom of much greater waste and privilege. We need to stop pretending that EVs are some kind of sustainable solution for the planetary crisis.