• ikt@aussie.zoneOP
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    13 days ago

    As if the consumer side of things is a meaningful amount compared to corporations and goverments.

    Please stop this nonsense, corporations in particular are responding to our consumption habits:

    Replacing 1m petrol cars with EVs could cut Australia’s reliance on foreign fuel by 1bn litres a year

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/16/electric-vehicles-australia-reduce-reliance-on-foreign-fuel

    And that’s Australia alone, how many litres would we save by all countries switching to EV’s?

    Governments are held to the values of their constituents in most countries, if you elect an anti-renewables clown that’s definitely on the people!

    Is someone counting how much pollution the stupid war in Iran and the Gaza genocide is producing?

    I like how Lemmy users can’t go 5 minutes without bringing up Gaza but in terms of Iran yes!

    China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the strait of Hormuz crisis.

    https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-fall-in-q2-2026-due-to-plummeting-oil-use

    How the energy crises of the 2020s speed up the electric age

    https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/the-new-twin-fossil-shock/

    It’s very likely thanks to Dickfingers and Putin we are looking at peak oil

    “Australia’s dramatic electric U-turn: “Everyone knows someone with an EV””

    https://thedriven.io/2026/09/08/australias-dramatic-electric-u-turn-everyone-knows-someone-with-an-ev/

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      12 days ago

      Switching to EV’s is impractical for everybody that either can’t afford it or can’t install a home charger, and a billion other cases. Your statements are ridiculous.

      Sure switch the new production cars to EV’s, whatever, but until I see a 2000 euro EV available to buy that isn’t more of a shitbox than my 2001 car, I’m not switching anyrhing.

      And that fantasy is never happening. An EV that costs as much as my car will never exist and not be a POS. Even if I factor in fuel savings.

      EV’s are good but you all gotta stop getting so wet for them as if the whole green EV talk isn’t ultimately just pushed by automakers that sell them easier because of the constant guilt tripping of ICE car owners.

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        12 days ago

        Hello!

        can’t install a home charger

        You do not need a home charger for an EV

        until I see a 2000 euro EV available to buy that isn’t more of a shitbox than my 2001 car, I’m not switching anyrhing

        Ok?