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I agree with most of the above response to @stack's passion filled post about how terrible electric cars are however here are my 2 cents on the smallweb where maybe 5 people will read this.
But on the other hand, automobiles in general are a disaster, and most people shouldn't have one.
agree! But i live in a reality where a car is necessary and I cant wait around for my government to put in mass transit and reverse suburbia sprawl.
The real answers are more and better mass transit, walkable cities, and densification.
Also agree but the feasibility of changing millions of mindsets to do so is impossible. It's in the culture and mindset. Cars can be status, and public transit is seen as poor, at least in some parts of the world.
Instead of protesting for walkable cities, mass transit, and densification, it's easier for your typical US latte liberal to buy an EV and think they're doing their part to save the planet. Because more consumption will solve all our problems! Ra ra re, go shopping!
Yup! But here's my thoughts on EVs. Sure there are more minerals and the infrastructure isnt there, but I feel like it's easier to deal with a battery on the ground than CO2 in the atmosphere. If we cook this place with fossils then both are moot points anyway. And in my area, a lot of electricity is generated by nuclear power (to the best of my knowledge). Hate on nuclear power all you want but when properly handled it's clean.
So in my opinion, EVs, while still terrible, are still less evil than fossil fuel cars. As pointed out above, mass transit, densification, and degrowth are our best way forward as a species, but the feasibility of it is critically low, short of a global catastrophe.
The time is nearing where we will have to make global decisions as a species, and we are woefully under prepared to do so.
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2023-12-22
Tags: EVs, degrowth, environment
Gritty
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