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[–] keepthepace@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That’s according to a peer-reviewed study funded by the Ford Motor Company, a company that makes most of its profits from gas-powered vehicles.

If you want to see if a tech is part of a renewable future, it is direct emissions that should be counted. EVs are at zero. They don't emit CO2 when running, when being produced or when being disposed of. They use electricity and transport, two things that we can provide without emitting CO2. They are a piece of the puzzle of a sustainable society, something thermal cars will never be, and something these graphs hide.

Of course we will be better off without cars and trucks, but the road towards them being totally gone is long, and it is time we don't have.