Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope
by JKCalhoun on Friday August 16, 2019 @12:08PM
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The author talks about a lot more than the cost of energy to power the car. For one, there is the cost in energy of building and maintaining the roads.
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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope
by Faark on Friday August 16, 2019 @01:38PM
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The author is kinda talking about civilization. And no, expecting humans to give up much on that front won't save the planet.
We have to improve on a lot of fronts and the attention argument is one of the better ones... finding better ways to achieve the same is worthy pursuit. Sailing across the ocean to save on emissions worthy action for some young female climate activist, but certainly not something many of us would be willing to do.