Comment on Grocery stores promoting gas discounts are not helping the transition away from gas vehicles

• JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Unfortunately, like most issues we face, this is not a stand alone problem. I’ll concede, over the length of ownership of the car, a brand new electric vehicle is more environmentally friendly than keeping your current combustion engine vehicle.

  However, we don’t live in a society where the majority can make that choice independent of other factors. EVs are more expensive across the board.

  Even if the purchasing cost of an off-the-lot EV were equivalent to continued use of an older ICE across two years - most people can not afford it.

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