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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      10 months ago

      So no one should ever be able to have a conversation without patting you on the head for being a special boy at the end of every sentence?

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        10 months ago

        More like no one should be demonizing those who do need cars.

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          10 months ago

          Well it’s a good thing no one is doing that then, isn’t it? Why does everyone feel the need to make up problems to whine about?

          For crying out loud I live in a small town and need a car. Do you think I don’t deserve access to decent public transportation?

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            10 months ago

            People do do this. Just because you don’t, doesn’t mean no one else does. I’ve had discussions with multiple people trying to convince me that anyone who drives a car is evil.

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          10 months ago

          Honestly, I’m part of that 15%, and I feel more excluded by people pretending we can’t have mass transit just because my neighbors like big trucks than I am by people in cities not bringing me and my concerns up every time cars are mention.

          Rural communities got along just fine before the invention of the automobile. In fact, most of the people who have ever lived have been rural people without cars. The idea that we can’t have small walkable towns connected to decent mass transit is just incredibly stupid, and it pisses me off when everybody just assumes it’s unsolvable, moreso when it’s people who actually live here and should know better.