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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Electric cars are here to save the car industry. They still do significant damage to humans. Car tires are the number 1 cause of microplastics in the ocean.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

100% agreed, to reduce the environmental impact of the transport sector, the top priorities need to be investing in public transport and moving cargo by rail rather than by road.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely, but EVs are still much better than combustion engine cars.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Better to stop subsidizing the latter than start subsidizing the former.