Did you even read the article, because no.
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chahk@beehaw.org 5 days agoThis bullshit has been thoroughly debunked many many times.
FundMECFS@piefed.zip 4 days ago
Vodulas@beehaw.org 3 days ago
I did. That is the one thing the article said without citing a source. It is a common anti-EV talking point and like the person you responded to said, it has been debunked. On top of that, most of the time the environmental impact of transporting and refining oil are not taken into account.
www.ucs.org/sites/…/driving-cleaner-report.pdf
It’s kind of a shame, because overall I agree with the point of the article. Increasing the ability to use bikes and improving public transit are way more efficient, but EVs are a good option in areas where those are not currently viable.
Are EVs perfect? Hell no. Should we throw the baby out with the bathwater, though? Battery technology is getting better. Batteries that don’t use high impact resources like cobalt are becoming viable.
Sorry for a bit of a rant, but sentiments like this are hampering progress
tburkhol@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
Interestingly, the specific article cited is more making the case that all passenger cars are bad, and we’d be better off with e-bikes, transit, and walkable cities. i.e.: I don’t think hes saying 'EVs are worse than ICE," which is where the ‘lifetime emissions’ line usually goes. He’s saying “fuck cars, EVs not excepted.”
mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
This is the reality many don’t accept.
We can’t everyone gets a private vehicle our way out of climate change.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 3 days ago
We could if we got rid of wars, regulated environmental factors, and stopped letting rich people take private jets everywhere.