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[โ€“] 1 point 11 months ago (5 children)

You think electric cars are some sort of solution? They are part of the problem, not the solution. Making things worse but not quite as quickly is not making things better.

Truth is we could never stop it without radical global abolition of high energy activities. That's impossible given the short term gains of breaking ranks and the unpopularity of that level of denial. We didn't have to destroy ourselves as quickly, but the path was set when we had the industrial revolution.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 11 months ago (4 children)

    Are electric cars a net improvement?
    I've heard that they are, because electricity can ve produced more efficiently and pollution can be better handled than individual car exhausts

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    That's less bad, that's not fixing anything. There is no universe when using energy to move 1.5-3 tonne private vehicles around for transportation is sustainable. I've heard numbers typically in the 40-60% region for the lifetime energy use of electric vs ICE. That is not fixing any problem, that's making the problem worse less quickly.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    Less bad is good, right?

    Obviously, stuff like better public transportation will be good
    Electric buses, trains etc

    Have been hearing about China's solar adoption and them looking into thorium reactors.
    My country, India, seems to be looking more into solar too.

    I think it's a correct direction. Though, the pace needs to be a bit faster

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Less bad is good, right?

    Is it? If a serial rapist goes from 10 rapes a month to 5, have they done a good thing?

    (and obviously, driving a car is not comparable to rape - just illustrating that less of a bad thing is not a good thing)

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 11 months ago

    Less bad is good there too

    And as you said, not a good comparison.

    Pollution going beyond the capacity of our environment is the issue, right? Every decent improvement is a good thing there. Not that we should stay silent with that, but we should be cheering for improvements and encouraging them.

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