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Urban heat island effect from roads and parking lots, wasted habitable/commercially useful space for roads and parking lots, linear and extractive material flows, water pollution from manufacturing, micro plastic debris, unsafe and uninviting streets, predatory lending schemes, reliance of fossil fuel-based grid energy, habitat fragmentation by interstate highways, water pollution from brake disc debris, loss of communal ties as people move from building to car to building interacting with no one and never bumping into neighbors, outside fundamentally isn't safe for kids to play in, years of life wasted stuck in traffic, pernicious health effects of spending long periods of time sitting, loss of economic output and family care due to time spent commuting, road rage, exhausts finite resources, and finally they don't make you look half as cool as you wish they did.
bluejitzu127001
No broken timing chains, no warped engine block from overheating, no oil changes, no broken rods, lifter pistons, no transmission. Etc.
fuzznubbin
Less tail pipe emissions!
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Cool. Now do tire debris and brake disc dust
AnnieMoosie
Damn! People downvoting the truth? Whut?
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Imgur struggles with two big things 1. Not all Democrats are not unambiguously good guys 2. Not all new tech is even good at all.
Ripplingtwinkie
Don’t forget to mention that they’re mostly unaffordable.
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I mentioned that under "regressive cost"
fpro
No on both. Public transportation is far, far superior. Trains, buses, even bicycles are all better for the environment than EVs
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I'm glad that at least one person will have gotten the intended meaning of this meme! +1
FatersGonnaFate
Agreed, but we can't get rid of combustion entirely. It's still the most practical option in rural areas.
bnm12
I agree, but I have yet to find a good solution to the last mile problem, as well as coverage in rural areas where it isn't profitable
Sumdumguy42
Government is supposed to provide a service, not a profit.
iSellTeenyTinyFrogGreenBabyCoffins
Because it’s not perfect, we shouldn’t strive for better at all.
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Electric cars are neither perfect nor better not even good.
iSellTeenyTinyFrogGreenBabyCoffins
I think they are very clearly better than gas vehicles. I understand they aren’t as good as walking everywhere but they are better than cars
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They would have been great, say, 30 years ago. But the era where personal cars of any kind fit into sustainable transportation is long past
feren
"All of the same problems" as well as some new ones. Not saying that as detraction, but let's look at the challenges & start addressing now
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Lithium battery warehouse fires that spew poisonous smoke and cant be extinguished is a good one to start with.
Sumdumguy42
I’m betting dollars to donuts that there are more oil spills than lithium battery warehouses burning.
BecomingJess
I'm all for EVs, but yeah, market share is a factor. Plus oil needed for plastics/etc in EVs will still get spilled.
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I'm just giving an example of a novel problem created by EVs. Plus that comparisson is a nonstarter. EVs are barely a fraction of the market
Sumdumguy42
As are lithium warehouses. What exactly is your point? Pretty sure that a refinery blowing up is a bigger problem, too.
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Lol
Clockworkdancerobot
I want to do both. Move away from combustion engine vehicles, and reduce the need to drive by expanding walkability.
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+1 And in fairness, some heavy machinery will probably have to be IC for a long time. Reducing need is the key here.
FatersGonnaFate
This works in densely populated areas, but isn't practical for rural areas
Sumdumguy42
And? It’s not an either-or scenario.
FatersGonnaFate
If you want to drive 14 miles each way to get to work when it's snowing out, be my guest
Sumdumguy42
Were you FORCED to live 14miles away from work? Did someone put a gun to your head? You made your rural bed, I made my urban bed. Let’s /1
Sumdumguy42
Just do the right thing and lay in our respective beds that we made.
FatersGonnaFate
Username checks out