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It is amazing how much concern trolling there is about EVs on a site like this.
by llampx 1y ago
It is amazing how much concern trolling there is about EVs on a site like this.
- tpm 1y agoOne has to wonder who creates a fresh account just to troll against EVs. Fossil bots perhaps.
- llampx 1y agoCan't rule out automated manipulation and bots on any social media site these days.
- yencabulator 1y agoWhat's even worse is we're seeing some relatively-new accounts basically commenting LLM summaries of the article; it definitely looks like a way to "fake age" accounts.
- scuderiaseb 1y agoI'm not a bot but I regret posting that as my first comment and to be honest I didn't read the article before it was just my thoughts from prior knowledge. I've been on Hacker News for many years but decided a week ago to make an account. Still you have a good point, one should be skeptical of what is written by bots.
- tpm 1y agoRight. So as the other poster mentioned the elephant in the room regarding road damage are trucks. And as a fellow biker I'm completely with you on infrastructure, but still see EVs as a massive improvement on ICEs.
- tstrimple 1y agoSame thing happens with renewables. Every single article either positive or negative about solar or wind you'll inevitably see the "But the sun doesn't always shine! Nuclear is the only possible solution!" style comments.
- s1artibartfast 1y agoIt's a pretty natural response to highlight concerns if something is being shoved down your throat.
- pjc50 1y ago> shoved down your throat This nearly always means "mentioned" rather than any kind of coercion. The ICE phaseout is still something like a decade away at the most optimistic in Europe and much, much further away in the US.
- s1artibartfast 1y agoDepends on the gripe. My state has the largest housing crisis in the nation, but also requires all new homes to have rooftop solar - forcing implementation of the least economic scale and the the least economic installation type. I certainly empathize with people we feel compelled to point out that solar energy policy isn't all sunshine and roses.