Environmental Baddies on Sidechat | I started arguing (with a man) for why I would rather keep my regular car, rather than buying an EV. Tryna change my mind on it. Fuck no. Electric cars are horrible, gas cars are horrible. I’d rather walk if I’ll be honest, but the U.S. isn’t pedestrian.

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Environmental Baddies 2w

I started arguing (with a man) for why I would rather keep my regular car, rather than buying an EV. Tryna change my mind on it. Fuck no. Electric cars are horrible, gas cars are horrible. I’d rather walk if I’ll be honest, but the U.S. isn’t pedestrian.

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Anonymous 2w

("with a man") must have been exhausting

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Anonymous 2w

My campus is so rural there’s a cow farm across the street. There was no charging stations up here until my school got a grant to install four and none have ever been used. I’m at the foot of Appalachia, most EVs aren’t built to withstand the roads here let alone the steep inclines of the mountains without severely draining the battery. They just aren’t practical for everywhere.

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Anonymous 2w

I mean easy to say everything is horrible but that’s not super useful, EV’s are better in some situations just like gas cars are in some situations. As an American you likely need a car, if that’s true then why not find the one that creates the least harm?

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Anonymous 2w

Catch me on a communist they them bus

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Anonymous 2w

Blood diamonds but they’re shitty cars with plastic body panels

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Anonymous 2w

I ride a bike everywhere. These ‘environmentalists’ with their electric vehicles can smd. I <3 biking and public transit

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Anonymous 2w

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Anonymous 2w

I think hybrids are the way to go

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Anonymous

#2 2w

And that’s on top of the fact that it causes more environmental damage to MAKE an EV than a gas car. Most cities don’t have a reliable public transit system, the train system has been nerfed for over a century, and walkable cities are a rarity here. All that and not all terrain is great for walking or biking. The US isn’t Europe.

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Anonymous

#3 2w

EV’s and Gas cars are both bad, but the lithium and cobalt mining used for EV’s is unethical and ran by slavery and genocide, not to mention the harm on the environment from the mining itself. I’m not saying Gas cars are good by any means, but buying a whole new car instead of keeping using the one I have, is just not good.

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Anonymous

OP 2w

I mean a lot of oil isn’t ethically sourced either, nor are the materials used to make the computer chips in gas cars. I completely agree that it’s a trade off, I’m just saying it’s worth evaluating the costs and benefits as opposed to just saying “cars are horrible”

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Anonymous

#3 2w

But yeah I get your point, doesn’t make much sense to buy a new one if yours works!

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Anonymous

#2 2w

Cow farm 😭😭😭

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Anonymous

#4 2w

There’s a corn field five minutes down one road and a field of donkeys five minutes down another.

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Anonymous

#2 2w

PLEASE post pictures

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Anonymous

#4 2w

There you go

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Anonymous

#2 2w

The manufacturing for the pieces necessary in electric cars is 100% counterproductive to the intention of creating these cars in the first place. It’s really like putting a Band-Aid on something that needs more than a Band-Aid. It will cost 1.75 to 2.35 trillion dollars to keep the power grid running at the same exact capacity. It is right now with no upgrades.

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Anonymous

#5 2w

To achieve 100% renewable energy we would need to invest around $10 trillion until this happens I really don’t see a point in getting an electric car

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