mondoman712@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoEVs Can’t Fix a Global Epidemic of ‘Car Harm,’ Study Findswww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down111
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minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·9 months agoYou can swap one car for another, and it still won’t change the immense harm caused by the infrastructure that these different cars depend on. Rubber tire dust is still the same with EVs, probably more due to their weight. Swaths of green space being taken up by 8+ lane highways and parking won’t just go away because an EV is using it. The harm to pedestrians and cyclists will not change because we have more EVs. If we don’t reduce our dependency on cars, then “car harm” will never go away.
You can swap one car for another, and it still won’t change the immense harm caused by the infrastructure that these different cars depend on.
Rubber tire dust is still the same with EVs, probably more due to their weight.
Swaths of green space being taken up by 8+ lane highways and parking won’t just go away because an EV is using it.
The harm to pedestrians and cyclists will not change because we have more EVs.
If we don’t reduce our dependency on cars, then “car harm” will never go away.