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   Doug Gordon (brooklynspoke@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Feb-2023 11:26:33 JST Doug Gordon

   We need to change the framing on this. Electric cars are not “good” for the planet — they are only slightly less bad than internal combustion vehicles.

   And in the case of absurdly large electric SUVs like the Hummer for Ford F-150 Lightning, they are much worse than even a smaller gas-burning car.

   https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/17/climate/electric-vehicle-emissions-truck-suv.html

   • Charles Muller repeated this.
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     Doug Gordon (brooklynspoke@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Feb-2023 11:26:48 JST Doug Gordon

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     Where people have no alternatives to driving and won't for a long time if ever, then -- yes -- they should be driving electric vehicles.

     But a society built around everyone owning a giant box made with metal, plastic, rubber and glass is not "good" for the planet no matter how that giant box is powered.