Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy
by giantrobot on Thursday April 21, 2022 @02:59PM
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Replacing a gas powered car with an EV in an area served by coal power is definitely not helping either air pollution or climate change. It's only moving emissions from the tail pipe to a smoke stack. An EV is only a net negative CO2 producer if you charge it from renewable sources. Even then it'll only be a net negative only after the break-even point for the CO2 produced by the construction of the EV and charging system.
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Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy
by epgui on Thursday April 21, 2022 @08:18PM
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This is like saying that taking the first step is useless because there are more steps to take before you get to destination.
Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy
by CryptoPunk on Thursday April 21, 2022 @07:08PM
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It's widely understood that switching to EV is part of a larger package of policies that can get society to zero carbon but it is nonetheless an absolutely necessary part of any zero carbon future. Tesla's role in pushing that forward is highly commendable, by any reasonable standard.
Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy
by majkinetor on Friday April 22, 2022 @07:51AM
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> It's only moving emissions from the tail pipe to a smoke stack.
I kinda like A LOT not having tail pipe smoke around me all the time on the streets...