• spudwart@spudwart.com
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      1 year ago

      going from drilling for oil to mining for lithium is literally just problem shifting.

      It doesn’t address climate change, it just misdirects the issue away from it being an oil-based climate disaster.

      The only solution is less cars, not less of X type of car.

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        1 year ago

        Do you have a rough idea how much oil you need for a fossil car and how much lithium for an electric?

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, instead of flooring it to the cliff of climate change, we shift gear to a leisurely cruise to the climate change cliff.

          Sure, it’s better. But EVs aren’t being pushed because they’re better, they’re being pushed because if they didn’t, then they wouldn’t be able to sell cars at all.

          • 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            To be fair, getting rid of capitalism and stopping climate change, as powerful of a 1-2 punch it would be, is probably the most difficult challenge of our life. Incremental change might work. We already have a reactionary half of the country that wants to shoot the other because they think the other wants to make them stop eating red meat and take away their gas stoves.

            So, what’s the solution that fixes this for EVERYONE? It’s not about inconviencing people it’s about getting people on board with the solution. And the people who need to be on board with the solution think the problem is a hoax.

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        1 year ago

        You really ought to step back and compare the amount of lithium needed to be mined vs the current fossil fuel production. There a vast difference. Then adjust it for the Lithium being infinitely reusable, vs fossil fuels not at all.