Maybe EVs are not a comprehensive climate solution??
Study shows EV owners have bigger carbon footprint than average because they are wealthier
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-ev-owners-bigger-carbon-footprint.html
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-ev-owners-bigger-carbon-footprint.html
Maybe EVs are not a comprehensive climate solution??
16 Comments
manucode@infosec.pub · 24 pts · 1y
Their bigger carbon footprint isn't caused by the EV though.
skvlp@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 1y
No, it is not. But, while electric vehicles have lower carbon footprint than gasoline powered cars, they have far higher carbon footprint than public transport.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
A lot of North America has zero public transit and is very spread out.
skvlp@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Absolutely. Improvements has been made, but there is a very long way to go.
veganpizza69@lemmy.vg · 1 pts · 1y
Correct, it's caused by being relatively rich.
Cars are luxuries. Electric cars are more expensive luxuries.
entumetnary@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
So invest in trams, dude?
veganpizza69@lemmy.vg · 2 pts · 1y
Yes! Now convince the car fanboys clamoring for electric cars to switch.
SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
By this logic, if a rich dude makes a public railway system then it’s doesn’t matter that the trains are more environmentally efficient, that person is rich so it invalidates everything else
veganpizza69@lemmy.vg · 2 pts · 1y
Is the railway system for his personal use? Rail is good if it's public transport (and cargo). There was a tradition, some time ago, of rich people getting their own railways and trains. But now they have jets and yachts.
aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
Correlation ≠ Causation. This study is ridiculous in premise. I hate cars as much as the next guy but please don’t post garbage
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 6 pts · 1y
Yeah this reads like an article built to make people who don't choose evs to feel justified. What are the real motives of this "study".
I personally own an EV, and also got rid of my gas furnace, and gas water heater, and everything gas. So, wonder who they studied and how
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 1y
They probably studied every other person who owns an EV.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Sounds like some lazy thinking.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
EVs are here to save the car/oil cartels not the planet. The planet can not sustain the level of privilege exhibited by these EV owners. Even if the EV makes a slight improvement, it's not nearly enough and it's a symptom of much greater waste and privilege. We need to stop pretending that EVs are some kind of sustainable solution for the planetary crisis.
entumetnary@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Wtf OP. this is so misleading Why are you peddling this ?
veganpizza69@lemmy.vg · 1 pts · 1y
What is misleading?