Nah, EVs are also a problem. You shouldn't listen to the assholes who say they're worse than ICE vehicles overall, but manufacturing a car is a dirty process, and EVs are to my knowledge much worse on that front. There's a reason we say "the cleanest car is the one you already have"; it may not be universally true but it's close enough to be used as a rule of thumb. We still need them in much of the world but we really, really need to make changing that a top priority.

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Tire particle pollution and brake dust are problems regardless of powertrain. Worse, even, for EVs, due to their weight.

Also the environmental damage from paving roads in general.

[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

Remember during :corona: everybody stopped driving and suddenly the skies above cities became clear? :sicko-wistful:

[–] DogThatWentGorp@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah that's all true but I was just talking about happy I was not to be paying $6/gallon

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

Totally fair!

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i'm an EV centrist but they do share a variety of shortcomings with ICE vehicles and aren't a societal level solution.

[–] Runcible@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

yeah, car infrastructure and societal design around cars is just awful. Wouldn't be good even if you were using a Flintstones car