It seems to me lately the number of people pushing anti-EV or anti-battery narratives is increasing.
I keep stumbling upon more and more social media posts where people seem to reach the conclusion that EVs are either a scam or not viable. Mostly they use one or more of the following opinions to justify that:
- the energy used to recharge batteries comes from fossil fuels
- the metals used to make the batteries are mined by kids in the congo
- the total carbon footprint of an EV is higher than an ICE
And other similar stuff that i dont rlly wanna get into.
The thing that I dont understand is how can narratives like these keep gaining traction when the only, ONLY thing we know 100% for certain about all this is that oil is going to eventually run out (and not so late according to current estimates). How can anybody believe it would not be beneficial for us to start working in alternatives to oil NOW instead of… Idk waiting until it almost runs out and then we start killing each other for the last drops of it or smth.
I tried to talk some people into this point of view but somehow I cant convince anybody who already thinks the other way this shit makes me so frustrated sometimes.
It’s worse than that. Cars wreck cities by encouraging anti-walkable sprawl development that cannot ever be served by transit (by design), and taking up disproportionate amounts of space for traffic and parking. Wide boulevards with few intersections (for flow) are poison to pedestrians. Having nowhere to walk has calamitous effects on health due to people being sedentary. The wealth people pour into cars robs them of wealth in other areas.
Throw that in their face. If they want to say EVs are unsustainable, it’s all unsustainable bro.