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[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (23 children)

Why worry about this intangible issue of spontaneous EV battery combustion when there's a very real issue of spontaneous ICE brake combustion?

[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (17 children)

Why not worry about both? Whataboutism.

And while we’re at it, why not use that worry to move away from car centric urban design and culture in general because cars are unavoidably dangerous and costly.

[–] jackoneill@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Man I’m tired of hearing this

We would all like actual public transport in America

However, we have WAY BIGGER PROBLEMS in America than our means of transit and we are totally unable to address those. Priorities man

[–] wildncrazyguy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

If Mussolini got the trains to run on time, why shouldn’t we?

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