because it can be if people start to treat them differently when they stop looking appealing they may don’t understand it at first and later maybe have a depression and no plan b
Interesting, insightful and moving. Again I learned about a current topic of which I knew almost nothing, from your ability to convey your unique perspective. Or, in other words, you can see what’s really happening and you can tell it like it is.
Have we ever thought they were a solution and not just a stopgap?
The problems are many and the manufacturers are complicit, but EVs do have a use. Right now, they are helping to raise awareness of the problems, the causes and guilty parties. That’s a broad effect and if little else it will help to push things along, which is much needed generally.
The other thing they do is help to reduce poisonous emissions around pedestrians and other road users. Buses are a big problem with that and large EVs can make a big difference in cities.
More EVs in cities will help reduce NOx and particulate emissions and that alone is worthwhile.
Until proper alternatives are fully operational, EVs are not the worst thing.
There are more efficient and better options to decarbonize cities than electric cars.
Yes, I know. What I’m saying isn’t about that, it’s about raising awareness of climate issues while also reducing extremely toxic emissions around the people who live in cities.
They aren’t a long term solution but they have their uses for now. I don’t see how that’s a bad thing.
Yes, that’s great and all but until those solutions are realised we can and should make use of what’s available to us if there are direct benefits.
If I can use a product of the car industry that doesn’t poison the people around me and makes some of those people think a bit more about climate issues, while doing the same journeys I did with an ICE, why shouldn’t I?
I’m not sure if you realise, but I do agree with you. Unfortunately the problems are bigger than just saying fix it today, get on your bike.
It’s going to take longer than we want to make those changes and cars may never go away. As much as things like bikes and public transport are better, for lots of reasons, people like cars.
These problems are political and require political solutions. In the mean time I’ll do what I can, and if that includes not using ICE cars then I don’t think you can blame me for it.
I put the alarm on the other side of the bedroom and used one with metal bells. I did it for years and hated it but it worked. Now my phone tinkles next to me and I’m up. Except Saturdays.
Me and a friend watched it in a cinema on release aged 13. I’m very tall and my friend looked about 40. (Now he’s over 50 and looks under 40.) You could get away with it in those days.
On VCR release, our friend got his dad to buy a copy and we watched it on repeat at every opportunity. I’ve watched the Final Cut release many times, which I think is even better, and it’s one of the very few films I will happily watch at any time.
The documentary about the making of it is great to watch as well. Watch the film first though. I started reading Dick’s books aged about 11 or 12 and was already hooked before the film. I think that prepared me a bit, along with other sci-fi I was reading by then.
I took this picture on the last day of a not long enough vacation this month. I was really happy with how the moon had just enough light to give the shape of the mountain some contrast and how the wispy clouds cought the light from various sources....
Apologies for the Amazon link, I couldn’t find another direct way. If you do audiobooks, he reads all of his own I think and he’s brilliantly funny and enjoyable to listen.
Energy companies have allegedly accrued over £420 billion in profits since the beginning of the current energy crisis, according to a report by researchers affiliated with the End Fuel Poverty Coalition....
Although not very handy for me because I live in the midlands. I didn’t want to see it anyway. Nope. Looks like another evening of sitting on social media and regretting my life choices. Sigh.
Parents with genuinely good looking sons but mostly daughters. How do you make sure they don't build their whole personality around looks?
because it can be if people start to treat them differently when they stop looking appealing they may don’t understand it at first and later maybe have a depression and no plan b
What's your favorite snack?
Mine is crunchy dark chocolate muesli with milk and a bit of sugar.
Rwanda bill set to become law after protracted stand-off with Lords (inews.co.uk)
A Response to Mark Rober's Apologia for the Military-Industrial Complex in "Vortex Cannon vs Drone" (theluddite.org)
The video opens with Rober standing in front of a fancy-looking box, saying:...
Are Electric Cars the Solution? (www.resilience.org)
Is there a way to get recommendations for "underrated" songs, or music that is awesome but I might not come across? For instance, I really loved the Peacemaker soundtrack...
…but how would I have been exposed to that music without the show?...
What's the best morning habit/routine you were able to adopt?
What's your fave movie of all time that you love to recommend to people?
For me it’s Interstellar, it never fails to make me ugly cry at least twice during each viewing
UK ‘double counting’ £500m of aid for war-torn countries as climate finance (www.carbonbrief.org)
Mt St Helens Moon Lit [OC] (files.catbox.moe)
I took this picture on the last day of a not long enough vacation this month. I was really happy with how the moon had just enough light to give the shape of the mountain some contrast and how the wispy clouds cought the light from various sources....
What destinations are experiencing "undertourism"?
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/19371857...
Electricity standing charges soar (www.energylivenews.com)
Energy companies have allegedly accrued over £420 billion in profits since the beginning of the current energy crisis, according to a report by researchers affiliated with the End Fuel Poverty Coalition....
What is the largest amount of partners you saw in a cookies consent question ? (lemmy.ml)
And what can we do to make the Internet a more safe and privacy friendly place and replace the ad business by something less unpleasant ?
Handy guide for today's eclipse. (feddit.uk)
Although not very handy for me because I live in the midlands. I didn’t want to see it anyway. Nope. Looks like another evening of sitting on social media and regretting my life choices. Sigh.
Daily Discussion - 08 April 2024
Use this thread for general daily football discussion....
Of all movies that you gotta watch more than once to really understand, what is your favorite and why?
What is something the world would be better without?