• xor
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    9 months ago

    there’s a difference between caring about electric and having 30k…

    a lot of people just can’t afford that

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      9 months ago

      Well yeah. I don’t think EVs are for the mass consumer yet. They remain quite expensive and remain unreliable.

      Hybrids, like Toyota Corolla Hybrid, get 50+ mpg and are only $24k. If you can’t afford PHEV or EV, then drop down to the next tier. Hybrids exist for a reason and will have significant emissions saving / carbon emissions reduction compared to a normal car, by simply burning a fraction of the gasoline of a normal car.


      I also don’t believe that we can buy or consumer our way out of this problem. Your actual biggest way to minimize your emissions is to find a bus.

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        9 months ago

        yep, there’s just no way to build cars for everyone without completely destroying the planet…
        we’ve already mostly destroyed it…