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 (DIR) Post #AVFzEPgTkswB8vYkfQ by breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social
       2023-05-02T18:00:58Z
       
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       It can be argued that electric vehicles are an improvement when replacing ICE vehicles. But that misses a much bigger point — which is that the very best car is *not* an electric car. The very best car is no car at all!Building electric cars requires massive use of fossil fuels, including petrochemicals for the manufacture of plastics. In addition, mining of lithium for batteries as well as trawling for other minerals in the deep ocean is environmentally disastrous, killing biodiversity while polluting our water, soil, and air. LITHIUM EXTRACTION — https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/02/01/south-america-s-lithium-fields-reveal-the-dark-side-of-our-electric-futureDEEP-SEA MINING — https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/109814016209990908The kind of “Green Growth” championed by capitalists and politicians, which features more electric cars, a bit of solar, and a few wind farms — along with continued use of fossil fuels — is not a good answer. It does not solve any of our problems, and in fact only makes them worse. Say NO to more cars, of any kind. Push instead for active transportation and for improved public transit.Continued economic growth is unsustainable. Period. The only logical choice for us and for the biosphere is de-growth.#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Degrowth  #WarOnCars #BanCars
       
 (DIR) Post #AVHNZoeYhy6qiqMMyG by breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social
       2023-05-03T12:12:49Z
       
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       I like this quote:“The problem is that electric cars are popular with politicians precisely because they provide an excuse to avoid doing harder things, like rebuilding our cities, or changing the habits of lifetimes. Persuading people to switch from their old gasoline car to a shiny Tesla is much easier than persuading them that they can live without a car. Hence governments are pushing electric cars, often with incentives that make no sense.” - Daniel Knowles, author of Carmageddon
       
 (DIR) Post #AXZIqm87Z8C5CLN76O by chris@abraham.su
       2023-07-11T00:48:09Z
       
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       @breadandcircusesHuge SUVs are best for avoiding fixing roads. @qkslvrwolf
       
 (DIR) Post #AXZwNMRI07EtHurmz2 by Onlineadviser@c.im
       2023-07-11T08:11:06Z
       
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       @breadandcircuses I don’t see that happening in my scope. I see young people giving up cars for Uber and people who need vehicles, like my rural businesses switching to electric trucks, tractors and boats.