Comment on EU passes law to blanket highways with fast EV chargers by end of 2025

LexiconDexicon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• PaulDevonUK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How much are you getting paid to peddle this “EV’s BAD” BS?

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  • sonovebitch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m all for green energies and all. But in his defense, in the vast majority of presentationss/documentaries/panflets for “replace fossil fuel with electric”, they nearly never openly take into consideration how fucking bad for the environment and the local populations mining rare minerals used in batteries is.

    So yeah, let’s stop using non reusables, but also let’s acknowledge and openly talk about it.

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    • kadu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Well, the true solution is robust public infrastructure and abandoning personal cars.

      But then people freak out and reject any proposal because cars are beyond a fetish at this point. Which leaves either migrating to electric cars and trying to improve the battery technologies, or keep burning fossil fuels as if we aren’t at the brink of collapse.

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      • WiredSlumber@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Frankly, personal cars should not be legal for most people, they are a massive problem in more ways than just the environmental damage. But at this point people are so in love with their cars, that it would take a miracle to change that dependence.

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    • Shikadi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      We can and do talk about it, but it’s not valid to use it as a talking point against electrification. There is tons of research being done to reduce dependency on lithium and the likes. Chances are, the people who own the mines are banding together to lobby against it too. To the previous commenter, be constructive, don’t just talk shit that helps no one.

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    • dpkonofa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s not entirely true and there are several companies now that can recycle the lithium used on batteries.

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  • SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Does lemmy already support blocking user like that?

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    • jungle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes

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• Shikadi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, buzz off

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• BobKerman3999@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I would like to read what you have to say about any oil company history

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• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You taking about cobalt? Cobalt free batteries are possible, and even economically viable. Tesla is already using them. Or are you taking about another component?

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