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> Because the only actual problem in EVS is making a better battery. Well that and tire particulate pollution. And the bugs that get killed by windshields and
by carapace 3y ago
> Because the only actual problem in EVS is making a better battery.
Well that and tire particulate pollution.
And the bugs that get killed by windshields and grills.
And the people who get killed and maimed by collisions.
And the conversion of useful space to roads and parking lots.
And the disposal of the batteries so they don't catch fire.
And getting the raw materials for the batteries without messing things up more.
- agloe_dreams 3y agoEV have nothing to do with almost all of the items you mentioned and the last two are fully covered under 'better battery'. A Gasoline vehicle does the same things. I get your point, in urban environments they are absolutely relevant and should be pushed for. I fully think NYC would be better without cars. In the rural areas...they are basically unsolvable in any short term less than 30 years. That's just reality.
- dredmorbius 3y agoMinor quibble: because of their increased mass for an equivalent-sized vehicle, factors such as tire-wear and impact effects are greater for EVs. That's a fairly minor point relative to the emissions picture, which is most significant. But nonzero.
- carapace 3y agoCars cause problems, making them electric solves one problem but creates several more and does nothing to alleviate the others. In re: better batteries, we have to ask, "Better for whom?" Tesla has already spun off another for-profit corporation to make money charging people to dispose of their batteries. More exploitive mineral extraction methods are typically cheaper than doing it right. Etc.