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Electric cars: The equivalent of switching from binge drinking whiskey to binge drinking wine.
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this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2023
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Oh man, waiting an hour or so for a bus in -30℃ weather is great. Then the bus is inevitably late because it's Edmonton (where public transit doesn't seem to get public funding) and you get to enjoy the great outdoors for another thirty minutes. I'm surprised I still have my toes...
I'm so glad my parents gave me their old truck so I don't really have to deal with that shit any more.
Thank you, that was well reasoned and articulated.
The problem with electric cars is that they're a distraction. They make people think they're part of the solution when they're only partly addressing one of the many problems cars cause. I'm not against people buying them assuming that they're in a position where they need a new car, but advocating for electric cars as a solution is wrong. I read the OP like this, not how you read it.
I agree this kind of post may play in favour of ICE manufacturers and oil companies but I disagree with the comparison you make between EVs and tobacco patches. EVs are produced and sold in order to replace ICEs in the exact same segment. They do not impact peoples lives significantly and will not change anything in the way cities and activities work now. The example you give is the epitome of a work/life organization which was only made possible by the massification of individual motorized transportation, with all the negative externalities listed in the OP. Yes individual cars are going to be needed for many reasons in the future. But we need to work collectively to make them less convenient and less needed in everyday life.
oh buzz off with your weird essay filled with jabs and fallacies and bad faith. actually I just reread it and I have to ask: what the fuck is wrong with you? you're acting like a white guy who hears two black people talking about racism and leaps in to say "stop calling me racist!" you think this post is calling you out? what the actual fuck is wrong with you?
NO ONE IS SAYING YOU ARE PERSONALLY MORALLY WRONG FOR DRIVING A CAR TODAY IN 2024
that's the whole fucking gist of this entire guy's essay, folks. he thinks criticizing EVs is a personal attack on him and people who don't currently live in walkable cities
Ah yes, Canada. Well-known the world over as a 'shithole country.'
So the entire metric for 'shithole' to you is based on how many people ride electrified trains? Really? Nothing about, say, their economy or their standard of living or their record on human rights or anything like that?
You implied it when you suggested, to my reply that Canada might not be a shithole country, that it was due to the whole train thing.
And the country with the flawless human rights record is what? Iceland because there's no one to oppress since everyone's related to everyone else? Great. The rest of 200-some other countries are shitholes by that measure. Again, not the best metric.
Let's talk about your country now. Where do you live? Will you even volunteer that information?
Yep, I knew you wouldn't say. I'm guessing because your country doesn't exactly have the most spotless human rights record.
Still won't name it. I'm guessing that means it's Germany.
I am now deeply curious about the deleted comments. All countries have their flaws and past mistakes, Canada's no exception, at the end of the day. The thing is what we're doing now to improve and reflect on these mistakes of the past going forward.