By limiting our thinking about #EVs to the idea that it is necessary for them to travel at high speeds (100 kph+) and long distances (500 km+) on a single charge, we are simply perpetuating all the problems of the old #HappyMotoring fossil fuel culture, while creating several new nightmares (lithium mining, fire hazards, worse brake/tire pollution, electric grid upgrades, etc).
High speeds and long distances require vehicles to be exponentially more massive to withstand those stresses.
In America, #MotorVehicles have become markers of adulthood, maturity, freedom, wealth, power, sophistication, and social status (i.e. attractiveness/suitability for mating)—even identity—but I became disillusioned with them a long time ago.
Sure, operating a high performance machine is fun and exciting, even addictive, but at what cost? The financial, environmental, health, social, legal, and political costs of #HappyMotoring are staggering.
' When you realize how deeply misguided our big battery EV obsession is, built as it is on the basic fallacy that ICE and battery electric are directly interchangeable, it’s not surprising that the company that created this perception has been lying about its own range.
To move forward, we must confront our bottomless desire to see dramatic changes in our material culture without requiring any kind of meaningful personal or collective change. '
Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐
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