This shit actually hurts my soul. This is the type of shit as to why we might not make it. We have the technology to mitigate climate change yet we don't because those in power don't want to see their power decrease. It's a serious reason why we might not make it. How do we even begin to take direct action? I really have no clue, this entire planet, life as we know it, is entirely fucked if we don't do something soon. The US government gave billions to implement charging infrastructure and the corps did jack SHIT with it, the government has become the corps fuck pig, bent over dishing out money while getting fucked.

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Might not make it? Sorry man we're literally looking down the barrel of end times.

Human greed can only be stopped when the earth has nothing left to give.

This is the reality we all exist in and 99% of us are powerless to change it, unless we all collectively agree to (spoiler we're not gunna).

[–] 3volver@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Nah, we're not powerless, and we don't all have to collectively agree. We have so many technologies that have been developed over the past several decades that can help solve this problem. Change is constant, this kind of shit is just another bump in the road.

[–] arefx@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Oh sweet summer child......

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

this kind of shit is just another bump in the road.

I assume you are younger.

I am in my 50s. The risk of this shit was known and tought to children in schools in the 1980s.

Yet at every level. Things have gotten worse. We had solar in the 80s. Less efficient but only about 15% rather then the 20% we see now. But tax payer money in all western democracy. Was still funding oil research not batts wind or solar.

Cars became bigger and less efficient as we watched. GM was known to have destroyed its own ev production pack in the 90s.

Nothing at all was invested in building inferstructure to support other fuel types. Again dispite huge public investment in oil.

And at every 0ossible point. What little that was done was aimed at indeviduals who have the least control. While corperations were allowed to keep expanding there use. Without facing any of the costs for replacement.

Its a bump. But a 40plus year bump built intentionally to slow and limit changes in the way wealth is made.

With so much false science and outright lies from corperations its insane.

Exxon the plastics industry and many other. Behaived much worse the the cigarette industry did before them. And have not had to pay anything for there intentional and informed damage to billions of lives. Where as at least in nations with real health care options. Tobbaco companies have lost lawsuits and paid a fortune since discovery.

[–] Vivendi@lemmy.zip -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

EVs are garbage anyways. The only way to actually save anything is to migrate most of the commonly occurring transportation to public electric systems like trains.

EVs are made in a non sustainable manner by raping the earth for the last scraps of rare earth materials, they're hardly the answer

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Certainly correct, we still need a path to direct action and it needs to be everywhere.

[–] daemoz@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Technology isn't going to save humanity. Greatly reducing population size by limiting reproduction is the only chance for a long future for humans. Thats the most direct path, but also at odds with all of our forms of government and economics. China couldt afford to keep doing it and they understand this. Its the same with the earths ecology. We would need a massive enlightening and there are far too many material and lifestyle choices and campaigns to sway people away from our staus quo. Humanity is doomed by human greed and jealousy, it always was. But thats fine, once you come to terms with it, and if you caught it before having kids, its a pretty freeing understanding.

[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 6 months ago

the only reduced population size that's needed is the population of plutocrats, the rest of us will be fine

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 months ago

Amazing, pure Nazi shit in this post.

[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 6 months ago

19 downvoters bringing a strong "shooting the messenger" energy

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago

More of that capitalist innovation I keep hearing about huh. Finding innovative new ways to stop new technology that threatens their business from reaching a broader market! Great job

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Japanese car manufacturers actually sell a lot of EVs... in Japan. They don't seem to be interested in selling those mini EVs abroad.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Well to be fair, trying to sell anything with the word mini in it in America is it uphill struggle; if there's one thing us Americans hate, it's walking uphill.

[–] StaySquared@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm only buying Toyota because it didn't get sucked into the stupid EV craze. They have common sense. The U.S. doesn't even have the electrical grid to currently manage many parts of the U.S., especially California. How tf are we going to introduce a product that will require electricity, straining the electrical grid further beyond its capacity? It's fkin nonsense.

Not to mention.. the number of EVs (Teslas) that were having battery failures during the Winter in the midwest. And this last Winter was mild.