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They don't address car dependancy
Some people got convinced that banning thermal personal vehicles was incompatible with the bigger picture goals. You can develop a 15min city and a public transport system while also banning thermal personal vehicles.
I don't know what's driving this misinformation campaign about electric vehicles "polluting more" or "polluting just as much" when it takes 5 minutes of googling to find 6 reputable sources disputing both these claims
Banning the sale of new thermal cars, motorcycles, vespas does help with climate change in the long run
Some people have taken it upon themselves to refuse some incremental improvements and it's only leading to doing nothing
I agree with you here. This meme says "address" climate change like "EVs aren't a perfect solution to climate change" as if that's some big gotcha. They're a meaningful, incremental improvement away from ICE vehicles.
Public transit and bikes are better, but electrifying everything is also a good thing.
My comment isn't an attack on you nor your post. We're just supplying context to a meme that isn't entirely helpful to the environmental or fuckcar causes (shocking /s).
This is just an attempt to help people not walk away with the wrong message.
What is a thermal car?
An internal combustion engine (ICE) car, or in other terms one that burns fuel to generate motion.
OP should just say that then, no one fucking says “thermal car”
Before the Red Lectroids could fly in their (badly designed) thermal pods, they used thermal cars extensively.