• RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    It’s green washing if it’s touted as the best strategy to combat climate change, which china doesn’t do rhetorically or with policy. China has over a billion people, and while they have advanced greatly with public transportation, people are still gonna keep driving. They can either keep burning gas or switch to EVs while China continues to make progress with other forms of renewable/sustainable energy. Not to mention other developing countries currently drive diesel vehicles which China seeks to replace.

    Meanwhile, the US has resisted highly rated Chinese EVs and every form of renewable energy and not interested in public transportation, and instead they give Elon billions of dollars to jack off and make memes. They are not serious in anything except greenwashing.

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        This is true today, but EVs can be recharged by solar and wind power just as much as by coal power, no? Doesn’t an EV unshackle the concept of a car from the concept of burning fossil fuels, even if they are not practically separated today?

        Don’t get me wrong, I fucking hate cars. But there’s no putting the toothpaste back into the tube, and I don’t think we can complain that China is underinvesting in alternate forms of transportation.

        Just one cantaloupe’s thoughts

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          No need to be snarky. You read my comment and then replied not addressing any of my points, as if you hadn’t registered them.

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            puzzled

            china doesn’t view EVs as the primary solution

            China is progressing towards other, more sustainable forms of energy and transportation

            the US is not interested in any single alternative

            while most Chinese takes climate change seriously

            Not sure what more you want from me

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              china doesn’t view EVs as the primary solution

              Never said it did

              China is progressing towards other, more sustainable forms of energy and transportation

              What does that have to do with my comment about the viability of Evs?

              the US is not interested in any single alternative

              Not talking about the US

              while most Chinese takes climate change seriously

              Nothing to do with my comment. I’m not attacking China, chill

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        About 30% of energy in China is from sustainable sources, and that percentage gets higher every year.

        Because many EVs are charged during peak production times, the percentage saved by EVs is probably even higher. So you’re burning 30%+ less gas.

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        No need to be snarky. You read their comment and then replied not addressing any of their points, as if you hadn’t registered them.

        • gueybana [any]@hexbear.net
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          I don’t need to address them because I don’t find any wrong with them, they just have nothing to so with what I’m saying

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        As tech improves it will get better. Itxs easier to build small scale individual uses right now. That is helping to develop batteries at scale which will eventually greatly improve efficiency of plants and will eventually have full scale solar arrays smart grids and battery plants. Peaking power and crap-it-all-ist generating on demand for maxinum short term profts is something that needs to change as a mindset.

        China is going to do it first. Once they put us to shame because we’re 20-50 years behind and then maybe we’ll get to what we should have done. But we need to be spanked and humiliated first.