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FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Actually, your response is a dumb take, and I don’t know why you’re acting so offended about facts–lol. Let’s just look at your comments one by one:

Higher demand makes energy exploitation cleaner? Is that way oil and gas and strip mining is so clean nowadays? Lol.

Yes, batteries are expensive. Higher demand does drive more production, but lowered price of goods is only a textbook theory nowadays. Or is why food has gotten so cheap lately? Is that why vehicles are so cheap post-COVID, because demand is so high? Lol.

I’ll be waiting for your miracle battery, but it’s still a leap away–we’re not going to see exponential gains in battery capacity like we saw with computer processors. We literally cannot cover “75% of transportation emissions” because less than 60% of transportation emissions are derived from light road vehicles, most of them being trucks and SUVs: www.epa.gov/system/files/…/420f23016.pdf Sure, we can see that 58% shrink, but it’ll be picked up in part by electrical generation and industry with more frequent vehicle replacements. But the corporations will be happy with your purchase. Lol.

People paying for luxury goods isn’t what made cars take off back in the day. It was Henry Ford demanding his company produce a car that anyone could afford. As long as people keep buying expensive luxury EVs, they will always be out of reach of the regular person. You’ve been brainwashed. Lol.

Besides–I’m not against electric transportation. Bring on the electric powered buses and trains. Instead of morally pressuring people to make expensive purchases, why don’t you lobby your government to invest in city infrastructure and design to reduce the need for personal transportation in the first place?

Now are you going to stop acting so upset now that I’ve set you straight, or are you going to come back with another unwarranted, unnecessarily snarky remark?

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