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[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Because the 2 year old Lexus will put carbon into the air and the EV will not.

Also it's possible there may be some people in the middle class that took advantage of the program. They will be putting less carbon into the air as well.

I get that you want to eat the rich or whatever, but if the world burns down because of global warming, you won't get the chance to do that.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago

The EV will put way much carbon into the air than mass transit.

[–] turnip@sh.itjust.works 13 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Mass transit actually does remove carbon and lasts a century, your Tesla is made using coal.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Are you referring to the use of coal when making steel? You know steel can be made without using coal. Also trains and buses are made using steel, so not sure what your point is.

We can't bulldoze down entire communities and rebuild them so they're optimal mass transit. We can't even keep the carbon tax going in Canada because that's unpopular. It's a struggle to reduce carbon output in a democratic society, but we can't do anything by being uncompromising assholes about it. I'd prefer everyone take transit everywhere too, but that's not going to happen anytime soon, so EVs are a reasonable compromise. The goal is to reduce carbon not enforce our will onto others.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

We can't bulldoze down entire communities and rebuild them so they're optimal mass transit.

Why not? We did exactly that with highways and freeways for cars. I say we run light rail straight through the rich neighborhoods, using eminent domain, and divide them the way they did to poor neighborhoods with their stupid wasteful roads. And I actually like driving.