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Re:Singapore Says Musk's Electric Cars Are About 'Lifestyle,... by H8crilA on Friday August 23, 2019 @05:51AM (#20775892)
While I agree in principle (maybe not that we should get rid of 100% of cars, but probably >90% of cars), there's no way we can do it quickly. And almost certainly not quickly enough to avoid +1.5 C, or very likely even +2.0 C. EVs are a good stepping stone.
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Re:Singapore Says Musk's Electric Cars Are About 'Lifestyle,... by PeterStuer on Friday August 23, 2019 @06:01AM (#20775952)
I hear what you are saying, but let us not forget that today's mobility environment is a very recent phenomenon. In my opinion the 'change' required is presented as much more insurmountable than it is in practice.

Look at today's world vs the world just 3 decades ago. No mass Internet, no WWW, no mobile phones, no eCommerce, much more smoking, much less obesity, a vastly different financial system, ... Society is apparently extremely plastic in adapting to created changes.

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Re:Singapore Says Musk's Electric Cars Are About 'Lifestyle,... by akiselev on Friday August 23, 2019 @10:25AM (#20777957)
>Look at today's world vs the world just 3 decades ago. No mass Internet, no WWW, no mobile phones, no eCommerce, much more smoking, much less obesity, a vastly different financial system, ... Society is apparently extremely plastic in adapting to created changes.

The effects of the internet and social media on political discourse already looks like a disaster, obesity is a result of changing food infrastructure and availability, and our financial system goes through a cataclysmic global hiccup every decade or two.

If this is what adaptation looks like, we're screwed.

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Re:Singapore Says Musk's Electric Cars Are About 'Lifestyle,... by raaaaraaaa2 on Friday August 23, 2019 @07:10AM (#20776293)
On the other hand 1/2 of world looks more or less the same - rural Africa, india, china...

If you believe we are highly adaptable and new technologies will 'save us' somehow check this presentation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkj_91IJVBk

...it's eye opening

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