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minus-square Aesthesiaphilia ( @Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social ) linkfedilink6•1 year agoNo true Scotsman doesn’t help us. They’re greener than the existing alternatives.
minus-square blazera ( @blazera@kbin.social ) linkfedilink3•1 year agoIm not saying theyre green energy that dont deserve the title, im saying theyre literally not energy production. EVs are an energy use.
minus-square Zink ( @Zink@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoYou don’t think green energy use qualifies as a green energy “category” that one could invest in?
minus-square blazera ( @blazera@kbin.social ) linkfedilink3•1 year agoit’s not green energy use. it’s just energy use. EV’s predominantly run on fossil fuel energy in the US.
minus-square Zink ( @Zink@programming.dev ) linkfedilink3•1 year agoIt’s the capability for green energy use, in a very energy-intense application. That possibility is not there with combustion engines. We cannot have a green energy economy unless all the usage endpoints consume clean energy rather than hydrocarbons.
minus-square blazera ( @blazera@kbin.social ) linkfedilink3•1 year agomost things that use energy are capable of using green energy, you wouldnt call an investment in a coffee machine company a green energy investment. We need the green energy first.
minus-square Zink ( @Zink@programming.dev ) linkfedilink3•1 year agoAnything that already runs on electricity isn’t really part of the discussion then, because there’s no need to change anything at the point of use. A better analogy to the car thing might be investing in (or subsidizing) heat pump production over natural gas furnaces.
minus-square hglman ( @hglman@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoEveryone having a hard ime on this, EV are not green energy production, widhout green poweplants very little changes with more EVs.
No true Scotsman doesn’t help us.
They’re greener than the existing alternatives.
Im not saying theyre green energy that dont deserve the title, im saying theyre literally not energy production. EVs are an energy use.
You don’t think green energy use qualifies as a green energy “category” that one could invest in?
it’s not green energy use. it’s just energy use. EV’s predominantly run on fossil fuel energy in the US.
It’s the capability for green energy use, in a very energy-intense application. That possibility is not there with combustion engines.
We cannot have a green energy economy unless all the usage endpoints consume clean energy rather than hydrocarbons.
most things that use energy are capable of using green energy, you wouldnt call an investment in a coffee machine company a green energy investment. We need the green energy first.
Anything that already runs on electricity isn’t really part of the discussion then, because there’s no need to change anything at the point of use.
A better analogy to the car thing might be investing in (or subsidizing) heat pump production over natural gas furnaces.
Everyone having a hard ime on this, EV are not green energy production, widhout green poweplants very little changes with more EVs.