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[+] -67 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Electric cars aren't a "good thing" though.

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  • [–] 78 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    You might get up votes if you accompanied a controversial opinion with a reasoned argument. However, making only broad, unsubstantiated statements is a waste of bandwidth and everyone's time.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    You might get up votes if you accompanied a controversial opinion with a reasoned argument.

    Ultimately I agree that they should include the argument, but adding a reasoned argument has very little affect on the use of the vote buttons as "agree/disagree."

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Why not? This has been researched many times, and the results are consistently that it is a good thing already, and getting better, in regards to overall co2 produced

    They're also far more efficient than fuel cell too

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    When coupled with electric buses and high speed trains, they’re plenty fine. We’re not going to reach a level of infrastructure anytime soon where all travel can be accomplished through public infrastructure, even in China where they have ten times the public transport infrastructure of the US.

    Electric cars by themselves aren’t a good thing, as in, the USian belief in “an electric car for every person” is insane and if they convince even half the world of it we’re going to destroy the other half mining minerals, but using electric cars to supplement sustainable infrastructure and support areas yet without access to public transit is a necessary step on the path towards sustainability.

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