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The problem I see though is that "drive an electric car" is interpreted all too often as "buy an electric car, and now that you're 'green', do not worry yoursel
by estebank 7y ago
The problem I see though is that "drive an electric car" is interpreted all too often as "buy an electric car, and now that you're 'green', do not worry yourself about the fact that you change cars every two years and the footprint of your gas consumption is dwarfed by the footprint of actually making the cars pat self in back".
- PyroLagus 7y agoI don't think electric cars break down after two years. Maybe the battery may give problems after a while, but that should be replaceable.
- estebank 7y agoI'm not implying they break down. I'm saying that people like to drive cars with "new car smell". I'm against unnecessary green-washed conspicuous consumption.
- jaaron 7y agoChanging cars every two years?
- PopeDotNinja 7y agoHere's a video I liked on the carbon costs associated w/ gas & electric cars. Check out video's sources for further reading. https://youtu.be/6RhtiPefVzM https://youtu.be/6RhtiPefVzM -- "Are Electric Cars Worse For The Environment? Myth Busted" -- Engineering Explained
- estebank 7y agoElectric cars aren't worse for the environment. Consumerism is.
- geff82 7y agoIndeed, buying a new electric cars like our grandfathers bought their Fords would be totally counterproductive. But I do not think we have to stop using cars to be quite sustainable - we just have to stop thinking there are only Teslas with their big battery and that everyone needs 500km of nonstop range. Speaking for my family: we currently still feel we need a 7-seat family car with a lot of range, but our second car will be replaced by an electric car with a small battery for sure, as we counted that on about 95% of the days, a 100km range will totally do. Smaller batteries make elektric cars a much more ecologic choice. And we as a society also have to stop thinking that cars have to be the big monsters they have become. We need new offerings, such as the Microlino or the Renault Twizzy.
- bubblewrap 7y ago"our second car" Sorry, but I had to lol about that. Yeah alright, go green on your second car.
- terragon 7y agoMost households have two cars, so I don't understand what you find funny about that.
- bubblewrap 7y agoNot really, no. Maybe in rural America. But in the rest of the world, it is not normal.
- iamnothere 7y agoIt's normal in suburban America and much of urban America as well, outside of the largest few cities. I'm not saying it's good or bad, but it is normal here.
- bubblewrap 7y agoFine - so I am laughing from across the pond, where it is not normal. Not in the cities. In the cities in Europe, you don't really need a car, let alone two. From that perspective, pondering going green on a second car looks a bit funny.
- Harvey-Specter 7y agoThat seems like a separate issue to me, the general consumerism around wanting a new car/phone/widget every year or two. For the time being though, I don't think that's necessarily a problem with electric cars. Sure, some people will sell their electric car and buy a new one every two years, but that creates a used electric car that someone who can't afford a new Tesla can buy, thus removing another ICE vehicle from the road. Of course in an ideal world we'd all drive our 1995 Honda Civics until they rust out from under us and THEN buy an electric car... but that's not realistic.