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I do think electric vehicles is a bad reference. China is the only country that pushes electronic vehicles that much. ( That's good, but not a fair reference)
by NicoJuicy 8y ago
I do think electric vehicles is a bad reference.
China is the only country that pushes electronic vehicles that much. ( That's good, but not a fair reference)
- xiphias2 8y agoNot really, Norvegia is #1 with over 50% electric car sales last month, although that was because Model 3 got available.
- frosted-flakes 8y agoIs "Norvegia" a typo?
- xiphias2 8y agoDouble typo for Norway...It's too late to correct now though :(
- NicoJuicy 8y agoWell, I knew that, but Norwegian doesn't have a billion people and isn't fighting against traditional car sales like China does ( I supposed). That's why I added: that pushes it "that much"
- xiphias2 8y agoYou don't think that European car companies are trying to to lobby against electric cars in Norway? Don't get me wrong, I understand that China's policy matters the most for both CO2 and for improving battery technology, so actually I apploud both countries for implementing these policies.
- NicoJuicy 8y agoYes, they lobby. I've never said that. They are still in the transformation phase, sudden change would destroy a lot of jobs. Don't get me wrong, I support electric vehicles. But before pushing it, let some car companies adjust, so we don't lose a lot of jobs in the process. To be clear: not supporting the actions of some car companies, but I don't want to destroy jobs in the process. Eg. Germany. Transformation should happen though. But I don't see much benefit of removing a lot of older cars, that already done the damage ( production + resources + while driving), by replacing them immediately with electric cars ( that have a long term benefit, not a short term. Since they use resources too)
- xiphias2 8y agoI got a disease from the toxic air pollution that I was subject to for more than 30 years in my life. Nowdays I have to travel away from Europe every year for half year, because I'm affected by the air pollution even more in winter (though heating is also a part of the reason why pollution gets so bad in winter). Millions of people are dying every year because of air pollution, but you don't see it, because it's a silent killer. It slowly takes away years from your life span. You could say that it's not worth to get rid of cigarettes from the restaurants, because they don't have short term benefits, only long term benefits, but for people who don't have a lower amount of enzymes than you to detoxify these molecules are affected immediately. As for me, I wish there would be just 1 nice city in the world that would get rid of air pollution, I would immediately move there (right now I'm in a natural park resort, but these resorts get quite boring after some time compared to a city :( ).
- orbifold 8y agoYou can move to Spiekeroog (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiekeroog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiekeroog), they've banned cars with very few exceptions. I'm sure there are other Islands without gasoline cars aswell.
- xiphias2 8y agoThanks, I'll visit it, I'm mostly missing a normal city life, for example dating for me is much easier in big cities. I like going to IMAX (I like to watch almost every IMAX movie for the looks), and like to go to great restaurants with special food that cities offer more. My main idea now is actually to create an apartment with very effective air cleaning, like what the laboratories use. I don't know yet if it's possible / practical, I will figure it out.
- HillaryBriss 8y agoalso furthers the goal of reducing dependence on foreign oil I suppose