• pop@lemmy.ml
    47·
    6 months ago

    With ICE, you control the population by controlling the oil. Like rest of the world has to eat up price raise without much retaliation, what else you’re going to do, you have to work and you depend on oil. But since China is the major producer of batteries and EVs, the nations that dictate the policies are losing that control.

    So US does what it does best, propagandize the masses. Mass produced solar panels are bad, EVs are unreliable, e-bikes are a menace.

    The world powers will turn the world to ruins if it serves their interests.

      • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
        14·
        6 months ago

        They really aren’t that much better for the planet compared to ICE and when compared to transit or active transport they really are the least effecient “green” option.

        Its not just about reducing carbon, we should be trying to reduce overall energy usage and focus on effecient systems.

        Everyone driving their electric SUV to park in a sea of pavement is not effecient land or energy use.

          • uis@lemm.ee
            2·
            6 months ago

            You mean using same road cars would use for buses, while optionally removing extra lanes, is less green and cheap than building and maintaining 18-lane monstrosities in the middle of nowhere?

              • uis@lemm.ee
                1·
                6 months ago

                18 lane monstrosities are connections between the dense cities/burbs.

                All those 18 lanes are built ONLY because of cars.

                  • uis@lemm.ee
                    1·
                    6 months ago

                    What? Cars per length? What is this unit of? Some wierd linear density? I’m saying that that 18-lane abominations are built only for no other reason than driving cars. You say that car infrastructure is cheap, especially in rural areas, but you seem to ignore(intentionally or not) most expensive and destructive part of it. Which happens to go through rural areas. Or you can name abomination that is purely within city limits?

                    And public transit just doesn’t need this abomination. Public transit works fine even with one lane per direction. Or track if we are talking about trains.