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1. I’m not convinced this is true. Yes, electric cars have environmental costs, but so does everything. How confident are you that solving climate requires redu
by jdlshore 3y ago
1. I’m not convinced this is true. Yes, electric cars have environmental costs, but so does everything. How confident are you that solving climate requires reducing car ownership, rather than just benefiting from it, and what evidence do you have?
2. I believe emphasizing car reduction is a political non-starter in the US, due to the way cities are designed and car-centric culture, so taking this attitude is more likely to harm emissions than help it. It will turn off people who might otherwise be willing to make an incremental change for the better. Electric cars are a net gain over combustion cars, even if they aren’t perfect.
3. We can shift to electric cars and reduce car ownership.
- lm28469 3y agoJust run the numbers of mining requirements and you'll see it's impossible to begin with. There won't be 1.5b EVs anytime soon, if ever, that's the number of gas powered vehicles used on earth This is just perpetuating the myth that we can consume and grow indefinitely despite living in a very finite environment, one more cycle, rince and repeat. If the plan is "business as usual but pinky promise this time it's green" you know for sure it's shit