Maybe EVs are not a comprehensive climate solution??
Their bigger carbon footprint isn’t caused by the EV though.
No, it is not. But, while electric vehicles have lower carbon footprint than gasoline powered cars, they have far higher carbon footprint than public transport.
A lot of North America has zero public transit and is very spread out.
Absolutely. Improvements has been made, but there is a very long way to go.
Correct, it’s caused by being relatively rich.
Cars are luxuries. Electric cars are more expensive luxuries.
By this logic, if a rich dude makes a public railway system then it’s doesn’t matter that the trains are more environmentally efficient, that person is rich so it invalidates everything else
Is the railway system for his personal use? Rail is good if it’s public transport (and cargo). There was a tradition, some time ago, of rich people getting their own railways and trains. But now they have jets and yachts.
EVs are here to save the car/oil cartels not the planet. The planet can not sustain the level of privilege exhibited by these EV owners. Even if the EV makes a slight improvement, it’s not nearly enough and it’s a symptom of much greater waste and privilege. We need to stop pretending that EVs are some kind of sustainable solution for the planetary crisis.
