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And unless you're pushing for anarchoprimitivism or the like, the factories building your environmentally friendly electric cars are going to have to be built s
by HideousKojima 2y ago
And unless you're pushing for anarchoprimitivism or the like, the factories building your environmentally friendly electric cars are going to have to be built somewhere. I'm reminded of an experience in high school near San Diego, where tons of people were opposed to a new (solar!) power plant out in the desert to the east and they were opposed to the high voltage power lines that would have brought power from this plant into the city. I'm sure there were other, less unhinged reasons to oppose it but the most vocal were the environmentalists opposing it because the transmission lines would interfere with some desert tortoise species habitat. Environmentalists protesting solar power is one of those hilarities that the universe just plops right on your lap sometimes.
- Gibbon1 2y agoI know of some owners of mini McMansions on 1-2 acre desert lots are up in arms about a 100MW solar plant being built nearby. I think they're pick any/all, old people that are fearful and hate change, OCD spectrum disorder types, and people that have transferred their well justified fear that the next brush fire will burn their houses down to the solar plant. Notable that last one where people transfer anxiety about one thing to another thing is really common.
- eesmith 2y ago"Environmentally friendly" is not a binary description. Electric cars may be more environmentally friendly than petroleum cars, but less environmentally friendly than a bicycle or electric bus. Calling for more mass transit, better support for cycling, and a de-emphasis on personal automobile transport is not anarchoprimitivism.