Carmageddon is Coming

Re:Carmageddon is Coming by fulafel on Monday July 17, 2017 @04:04AM (#14786519)

EVs are a distraction that fools a lot of people ito thinking that car culture will be sustainable with EVs.

The lifetime CO2 footprint of a EV is about half of a fossil fuel car, which means we'll still have to cut down on car use a lot.

In addition, if we assume all reasonably priced oil is going to be pumped up and burned in transport, then EVs may even cause an increase of global CO2 emissions because car use will no longer be limited by the global oil supply.

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Re:Carmageddon is Coming by zapperdapper on Monday July 17, 2017 @11:15AM (#14789296)

Sure, but it's a good step forward to move to an EV. Agreed that people also need to give up their car where they can, or cut down on use, and wider availability of ride hailing will help.

By the way, I was recently in Manila and ride hailing is readily available unlike where I am in the UK. There was Uber and a few others. Much easier (and safer) to hail and ride there than trying to flag down a taxi.

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Re:Carmageddon is Coming by fulafel on Monday July 17, 2017 @04:30PM (#14792040)

I think this position would call for a counterargument tackling my point about the limiting factor of the oil supply.

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