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As the article says, the best approach to addressing climate change is not to replace cars with EVs 1:1, but to rethink invest in public infrastructure in high-
by rchaud 3y ago
As the article says, the best approach to addressing climate change is not to replace cars with EVs 1:1, but to rethink invest in public infrastructure in high-population areas so that people don't feel like they have to buy a car.
This is a more thoughtful approach to addressing the problem than simply levying a tax on people who can't afford what still appears to be a rich man's toy.
- parineum 3y agoThe best way to address climate change would be to annihilate the human population. Since we're not going to do that (presumably), we have to come up with a practical, viable and acceptable solution. Altering American culture to love public transportation is significantly less practical than offering them EVs. The only time I can think of that a campaign like that might have worked is with smoking and how many decades did that take (and how many people still smoke anyway)?
- stetrain 3y agoEVs would still have a carbon tax greater than public transit. People who can't afford a carbon tax on a new vehicle purchase probably aren't buying new vehicles anyway. Most people don't buy new vehicles at all.