• HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Buying a brand new electric car to replace a relatively new ICE is not a great solution.

    That is absolutely sound.

    However and if the cartoon said that, it would be fine

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      1 year ago

      I stand by what I said.

      We should have less private transport regardless of if it’s electric or ICE.

      Arguably action on climate change warrants a significant reduction in car use generally to stop our extinction.

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        The problem for us country fuckers is that cars take a beating. Then you run into a lack of parts to keep a good car that’s just old going in good trim. My car is a 2007, and I’m already running into trouble with some parts. Well, that and the fact that I let my dad drive it, and he seems to attract idiot drivers that want to hit him, so even new parts won’t always fit, which is double frustrating.

        And it isn’t like we have reliable public transport as an alternative. We do have a bus line, if you don’t mind taking two hours just to get to a grocery store, standing around in southern humidity and heat, and then walking a quarter mile from the stop to the store. Which, if you’re also disabled, good luck on that last part along a crappy road with a nasty ditch. Don’t even try that in a wheelchair lol. My buddy, spider, had to get his scooter hauled out of that ditch when he tried to save gas money by using the bus.

        But, yeah, the whole idea of cars as disposable to a degree has gotta stop. They’re tools, not ego extensions.

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        I’m in London. I cycle to work and use the tube network and bus network whenever I can. I also have a private car which I use for trips where public transport or my bike is impractical. It’s a 2016 model, I expect that it may need replacing in 5 years time. If I took the cartoon at face value, I might think it makes no difference from a climate chang perspective whether I choose petrol or electric - and this is clearly wrong.

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          If I took the cartoon at face value, I might think it makes no difference from a climate chang perspective whether I choose petrol or electric - and this is clearly wrong.

          That’s ok, OP will just block you for making a valid point that doesn’t align with whatever is written on the inside of his colon.