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Do EV's actually do anything beneficial for the planet? (lemmy.today)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I've seen a lot of posts here on Lemmy, specifically in the "fuck cars" communities as to how Electric Vehicles do pretty much nothing for the Climate, but I continue to see Climate activists everywhere try pushing so, so hard for Electric Vehicles.

Are they actually beneficial to the planet other than limiting exhaust, or is that it? or maybe exhaust is a way bigger problem?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Shifts power source to the grid. Grid can use different sources for energy production.

EV power trains are much more simple to maintain, and will last longer once we stop anchoring them with disposable components and features. I’m looking forward to the EV “Corolla” with hand crank windows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Shifts power source to the grid. Grid can use different sources for energy production.

Such an excellent point, which I hadn't seen mentioned before. It means we can have more control over those sources. Thank you.

with hand crank windows

I want hand crank windows back anyway. Faster and more reliable. So frustrating when the "auto complete" aspect of modern car windows means I cannot easily get the window half way closed or only a crack open. But I must be in the minority on that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

So frustrating when the "auto complete" aspect of modern car windows means I cannot easily get the window half way closed or only a crack open. But I must be in the minority on that.

I love driving with all the windows open about 1/4 or 1/2 open when the weather is nice, and that has included cars I owned and various rentals over the years. All of the cars I have owned or rented for the last couple of decades require pushing hard enough to have a kind of 'click' feeling before it does the automatically all the way open or closed thing. I'm sure some car maker has a setup that makes it easy to trigger the fully open/closed accidentally though.

Does it not work manually if you only push it slightly on your car?