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Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoI’m with you except for the “all we need is more production” point. That’s like the city planner who says all we need to solve traffic is one more lane, one more overpass. We are not going to manufacture ourselves out of the climate crisis.
Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Technology and infrastructure don’t work the same. Look at solar panels and electric batteries. Early adopters got expensive low quality products. But these early adopters drove the demand that is making both of these products dozens of times cheaper and more powerful than they were 2 decades ago.
Investment drives progress for young technologies.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I’ve said before, I’m not interested in personally financing innovation. Perhaps that’s selfish, but here we are.
Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I wouldn’t say it’s a bad thing. I don’t think it’s more or less selfish than other climate aware choices like driving a reasonably efficient car into the ground, driving less overall, producing less waste, etc…
Everything you spend money on is what you personally want to see more of in society (because at the very least you want to have it yourself). I don’t think it’s virtuous to buy into immature technologies per se. I’m just happy there are people right now who are doing it for EVs as early adopters because it means more investment into electric transportation technology.
One day you may buy an electric car, or use electric transportation as your main mode of transport because it will be a mature technology that meets your needs. If you do, it’ll be in part thanks to early adopters paying a relative premium at time.