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  • splonglo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    142·
    2 years ago

    They solve tailpipe emissions AND all the emissions associated with mining, refining and transporting the fuel - which is enormous and usually left out of the calculations. Public transportation / walkable infrastructure is god-tier but lots of people live away from dense neighbourhoods. Ev’s are not a golden bullet solution to climate change but they’re pretty good and neither is anything else. It makes sense to attack the issue from as many angles as possible instead of getting all tunnel-vision about one particular solution.

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
      English
      11·
      2 years ago

      all the emissions associated with mining, refining and transporting the fuel

      Not trying to be pedantic… But, EVs have the same essential issue, their batteries require the same mining, refining, and transportation process as any other powered vehicle. And if your electricity isn’t sourced from renewables, you’re just kicking the problem down the road.

      • PizzaMan@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        And if your electricity isn’t sourced from renewables, you’re just kicking the problem down the road.

        Partially. With the exception of maybe coal, fossil fuel energy plants are more carbon efficient than an internal combustion engine can be just due to difference in scale.

        The better option is to have it powered through 100% renewable, but it isn’t an automatic lost cause.

    • notenoughbutter@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      but lots of people live away from dense neighbourhoods.

      then we should focus on creating a 15 minute city

      • joshhsoj1902@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        This takes time and a lot more money. It’s something we should do in parallel, but even if we started this today, any EV sold in the next decade would be long off the road before sizable impactful progress had been made on 15min cities.