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‘It’s literally going to break me.’ Commuting is now unaffordable for some American workers (edition.cnn.com)
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[-] jtrek@startrek.website 8 points 4 weeks ago
  • They still put crap in the environment from the tires
  • much of the energy powering them isn't green
  • car culture still creates horrible spaces to live in
  • crashes are still a common, ruinous, event
  • doesn't solve DUI
  • still is expensive to own, maintain, insure
  • car culture promotes isolated, sedentary life, which is bad for physical and mental health

Just off the top of my head. If you swapped all the gas cars for electric cars, you still have all those problems.

[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

agree strongly on all points except:

  • much of the energy powering them isn't green

long debunked. even coal power to EV is better than gasoline emissions.

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Not debunked at all: “Better than gasoline” is a low bar.

Coal is still not at all “green”/renewable/sustainable.

[-] akfdmfckwrl@feddit.dk 1 points 4 weeks ago
  • The production emits a lot of greenhouse gasses, and requires a lot of ressources.
  • Same goes for the infrastructure.
  • EVs perpetuate car dependence, making it difficult to choose green modes transport.
  • The space they take up, pushes everything further apart, making every other mode of travel less climate-friendly, because people have to travel further.

Better than ICE cars for the environment, in the same way that a commercial plane is better than a private one.

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