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Electric cars are crucial, but not enough to solve climate change. We can’t let them crowd out car-free transit options.

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[–] Coldgoron@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Cars have become too much of a symbol of clout for many societies. I just wish humanity could get its shit together.

[–] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Broke: I need a car to prove I'm not poor.

Woke: Cars are the very things keeping us poor.

[–] kaffeeringe@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it really something that inpresses other people? I feel cars only impress their owners and they hope other people are as impressed.

Cars are seen as a status symbols in a lot of places, instead of as the utilitarian things they are. Where I'm from people will see you in a better or worse light depending on what you drive, for sure. Most young people get first in debt not for college, but for the 200.000km second or third hand car imported from Germany.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, it appears to.

[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

gesticulate wildly in every direction

There are so many things humanity needs to get it's shit together on

[–] itsnotits@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)