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The way I read TFA, the argument is this: If you think electric cars is the solution or a meaningful part of the solution, you're wrong. It does not say electri
by adamlett 7y ago
The way I read TFA, the argument is this: If you think electric cars is the solution or a meaningful part of the solution, you're wrong. It does not say electric cars are bad, and it certainly does not argue that we should not solve [the climate crisis] if we can't solve it all-at-once.
There are unfortunately still many, many people, who—even if they accept that human caused climate change is real—do not appreciate how urgent the crisis is.
- acidburnNSA 7y agoIt does say EVs are solving the wrong problem, which (OP says) is that our consumerist lifestyle is unsustainable.
- navigatesol 7y ago>There are unfortunately still many, many people, who—even if they accept that human caused climate change is real—do not appreciate how urgent the crisis is. I am one of these people. How urgent is it? Between the denials and exaggerations, I really can't tell.
- panzagl 7y agoI'm also one of those people. I mean, the only meaningful change we could make in a couple years would involve mass depopulation of the planet- anything else is on the order of decades.