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[–] thantik@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (28 children)

I always have felt like blaming cars, of all things, misses the bigger picture. 1 crude oil shipping vessel produces more pollution than the entirety of cars in America will for a year. Cars are one of the things that actually empowers individuals to live their individualized lives. Hell, some people live in their cars/rv/campers and it allows people to escape the rigors of daily life.

I agree we should take aim at making them more environmentally friendly, and take a harder focus on replacing plastic components with metal and/or other recyclable alternatives. If we could sequester carbon into them somehow that would be even better; but things like carbon fiber require nasty epoxies that are difficult to break down again once they need to be recycled.

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[–] Tischkante@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Neat an excuse to change nothing in a fuck cars space…

[–] showmustgo@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Don't let perfect be the enemy of goodmaybe-later-kiddo

P.S. electric cars are here to save Cars, not the environment

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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Unless we're talking solar, wind or something else clean and renewable, EVs don't eliminate emissions, they just move them somewhere else.

[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

They eliminate a part of the emissions, since one big engine (like a power plant) can be run more efficiently than many small engines (in individual vehicles).

Similarly, transporting electricity through wires creates less emissions than transporting fuel with trucks. Both serve the purpose of refueling other vehicles.

Even coal powered EVs are better than gasoline cars.

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