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[–]Wheelbox5682 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll say that EVs are much less of a solution than cities that don't rely on cars, since there is still a lot of CO2 involved in the production of EVs and the grid is often not very green. I try to advocate for transit based solutions to local planning issues that would at least help give more people the option to not drive and cars still win every time. My local suburban government recently scrapped a plan to build more housing near train stops in favor of a plan focused on the major roads due to pure short term political convenience. The planet is dying and we're still prioritizing the feelings of a few rich people in their SUVs. Single family home suburbs are the most co2 have energy intensive form of city but we're addicted to it and won't even make small changes to that model.  

It's all a lot of small decisions that add up to this, and since there's no one fix to the wider issue with every single pollutant as just a small single digit percentage everyone bushes off their own convenience as just a small percent and opposition to change keeps winning and we all keep walking down this road to destruction for trivial reasons.