Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope
by Al-Khwarizmi on Friday August 16, 2019 @06:32AM
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This is a textbook example of false dilemma fallacy. Replacing ICE cars with electric cars doesn't preclude other environmental measures, and in fact, people who worry about their car's emissions tend to be people who worry about other environmental issues as well.
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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope
by new2628 on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:19AM
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..it surely precludes the environmental measure of not having a car.
Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope
by yellowapple on Friday August 16, 2019 @11:22AM
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And what exactly is that impact? The author never specified; just asserted "cars are bad because reasons" and left it at that.
Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope
by notJim on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:46PM
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But continuing to have car-centric cities, and investing more into car-centric infrastructure, as many cities and states continue to do, is a real dilemma. Government funds are limited, especially in the current era, and space in cities is limited, too. We should be converting interstates to high-speed rail, and cheap/free city parking into bike lanes, but if our plan to tackle climate change is all about electric cars, none of that stuff is going to happen.
In a sense, this conversation mirrors the myopia the article talks about, because people who disagree with it are defending their individual consumption choices, while ignoring the broader social and policy connections that surround them.