As lawmakers around the world weigh bans of 'forever chemicals,” many manufacturers are pushing back, saying there often is no substitute.

  • VonCesaw@lemmy.world
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    3 年前

    The point of transportation reform isnt to get a new type of car, its to eliminate the need for cars

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      Many parts of the world currently depend on cars, and that cannot easily be changed. While it’s not impossible, eliminating cars will require a long time. Much longer than the amount of time we have left to avert catastrophic climate change.

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        Unless those electric cars are running on entirely renewable energy, it’s a non-positive

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          Electric vehicles add demand to the power grid. These days, increased demand is met by increasing renewable energy production (mostly wind turbines). Nobody is building coal plants any more.

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      If you think personal forms of transportation will ever disappear you are straight up delusional. That’s not “reform” that’s ignorance.

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        Agreed, but social media has become an echo chamber for fuckcars and good luck reasoning with them.