I agree, but I think a more attainable solution is to try to find a better way of disposing of car tires and garbage in general rather than trying to reduce / remove cars from the streets.
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Muffi@programming.dev 5 months ago
80% of microplastics in the oceans are from car wheels. Electric cars are only slightly better for the environment than ICEs, but no personal vehicle will ever be sustainable. We need to upgrade public transportation to handle our transportational needs, and we need this upgrade process to start years ago.
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 5 months ago
GiddyGap@lemm.ee 5 months ago
They are much, much better than ICEs on emissions when fueled with renewable electricity.
Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The problem is ppl forget that manufacturing of EVS adds to the climate crisis too. REDUCE and REUSE. Ideally we should be reducing the use of personal cars and focus on public transport. That an reusing older model cars (even ICE’s) that are more fuel efficient
GiddyGap@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I agree that we should pour more energy and resources into expanding public transportation. But I think it’s very important to make personal transportation more efficient as well, especially if we want conservatives onboard. And we do need everyone onboard on this.