The reason I’m pretty much undecided about EVs is the rare metals in the batteries. The pollution by gathering and the inhumane treatment of the workers who extract these resources. I’m still hoping for better alternatives in the energy storage medium

I feel like this is directed towards ICE vs EV cars. If that’s the case, it’s sort of frustrating.

EVs have some very real drawbacks. Even if those drawbacks are solvable problems, they are still problems right now. Pushing this narrative that EVs are universally better or that the biggest hurdle to adoption is irrational consumer sentiment will just make people feel gaslit. It’ll also make people more hesitant to adopt later on, because they’ll be skeptical of positive reviews that are honest.

If you read comments on Instagram and the like, people hate electric cars because…

…they don’t do the vroom-vroom noise.

Because “better overall” is a silly concept to use here, and is bring deliberately done to “both sides” the debate.

For driving really fast: petrol

For not killing our planets ability to sustain himan life: electric

Its not that hard

I would absolutely love to have an EV. But they are very expensive, especially compared to the gas-powered car I already own.