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I've seen a lot of posts here on Lemmy, specifically in the "fuck cars" communities as to how Electric Vehicles do pretty much nothing for the Climate, but I continue to see Climate activists everywhere try pushing so, so hard for Electric Vehicles.

Are they actually beneficial to the planet other than limiting exhaust, or is that it? or maybe exhaust is a way bigger problem?

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[โ€“] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 0 points 10 months ago

What is the carbon footprint, particularly of the batteries, during both manufacture and disposal. How does that compare to internal combustion engines?

[โ€“] z00s@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago

It's a diversion tactic. The vast majority of greenhouse emissions come from large companies.

They want us to argue about irrelevancies amongst ourselves to distract from that fact.

Are EVs a net positive for the environment? Maybe. But that's like asking an atomic bomb survivor what they were wearing that day.

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