When It Comes to the Environment, There Really Is No Such Thing as a “Good” Car (www.nakedcapitalism.com)

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I get you now. But I still feel like "car" is intended to be (or ought to be) narrowly defined as a 1000-lb metal box on wheels with an engine. I think referring to other vehicles as "cars" just muddles the discourse.

Then again, I'm conflicted. If I replace "car" with another word like "meat" or "milk", I have a different reaction. If someone wrote an article about factory-farm chickens vs free-range chickens and said, "There really is no such thing as 'good' meat," I'd definitely chime in with, "What about vegan meat?"

Maybe it's because I perceive the gap between animal meat and vegan meat as narrower than the gap between 1000-lb metal boxes with engines and other types of vehicles. Like... if I have to pedal, it's not a car.

Is the Flintstones car a "car"?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Well, in that vein, there are many light weight solar powered "cars". Some formula of solar panels don't use much of rare/bad materials, and salt batteries are already a thing, so certain constructions wouldn't need to climb much of a hill to become a net-positive.

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