2y ago

EU passes law to blanket highways with fast EV chargers by end of 2025

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I wish they put up more requirements regarding train travel between densely populated areas.
- Yeah, public transport is the most viable solution for the masses, but that also mean taking money out of the ends of firms (subsidies, infrastructure, etc.), which is not gonna happen without re-thinking our economy
  
  No. The more efficient the public transport is, the more money will circulate to firms. So not doing it costs more.
- How much are you getting paid to peddle this "EV's BAD" BS?
  
  I'm all for green energies and all. But in his defense, in the vast majority of presentationss/documentaries/panflets for "replace fossil fuel with electric", they nearly never openly take into consideration how fucking bad for the environment and the local populations mining rare minerals used in batteries is.
  So yeah, let's stop using non reusables, but also let's acknowledge and openly talk about it.
  
  Does lemmy already support blocking user like that?
- There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, buzz off
- Should be burn more oil instead, making entire regions in Africa unlivable?
- You taking about cobalt? Cobalt free batteries are possible, and even economically viable. Tesla is already using them. Or are you taking about another component?

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