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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Of course EVs are better than petrol cars.

You know what's even better than EVs?

Bicycles!

Make cities livable FFS!

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

I came here to be the insufferable person against cars to say just that, and you beat me to it. But I'll add this.

I'll also preface with, yes electric cars are better than cars with internal combustion engines. IF you need to get a new car, get an electric one, but only if.

However, they also emit pollution from the tires. Sometimes more than cars with internal combustion engines, because they are heavier. Speaking of that, being heavier, they also cause more potholes and thus, makes roads more costly to maintain. And at highway speed, those tires are also noisy.

Then there's the whole problem of having to store the cars, with surface parking creating heat islands.

Cars also kill millions of animals every day. There's around 65,000 deer killed every year in New York state alone.

And obviously they also kill humans. Inside and outside of them.

So, yeah. Fuck Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives. But fuck the Liberals for being corporate bootlickers pushing electric cars, as if everyone would just need to switch and all the other problems will be fixed.

We need better intercity services! Right now they are actively deteriorating in a lot of parts of the country. Coaches are worse than they were 10, and even 20 years ago. The new VIA Rail trains have abysmal punctuality because of the CN, and they also still don't take bikes on the corridor. Bike paths and bike lanes are attacked and criticized in every city where they could make an impact.

But all of this is much too woke. When the highways will be congested by electric pickup trucks, it will be paradise. We might just need to add one more lane bro, but then this inefficient and dangerous mode of transportation will be fixed forever.

Electric cars are only there to save the auto industry. Humanity is not running to ruins, it's taking a car.

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