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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    9 months ago

    One issue is not simply attitudinal (I have the right!), but habit/expectation (this is normal!).

    A lot of people already structure their lives around cars. It’s hard to get someone to go from “yes, it is normal and right for me to travel 40+ miles a day for errands” to “it is unreasonable for someone to visit these 5 places across town in a single afternoon”.