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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by helpmyusernamewontfi@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I've seen a lot of posts here on Lemmy, specifically in the "fuck cars" communities as to how Electric Vehicles do pretty much nothing for the Climate, but I continue to see Climate activists everywhere try pushing so, so hard for Electric Vehicles.

Are they actually beneficial to the planet other than limiting exhaust, or is that it? or maybe exhaust is a way bigger problem?

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[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So the implication here is that we can't get rid of cars everywhere, so we shouldn't reduce the use of cars anywhere?

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Nope, not at all what I said. The OP made it sound like there was no practical reason for EVs and I gave one.

By all means humans should cut back on... well, everything.

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 8 points 9 months ago

The OP said nothing at about reducing the use of cars, and what's more, people make the same objection about rural people needing a car to get to town even in discussions explicitly about creating walkable cities. Even if we read into the question an implication that we should ditch cars, where does the idea come from that it must happen everywhere, all at once? The argument feels disingenuous.

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