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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The issue with this stance is that it’s one of those all-or-nothing points of view.

Not it isn't. Every single individual person who decides to live without a car is an improvement. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think they were trying to say that every individual who uses their car less is an improvement.

I live outside Boston, which has among the best transit in the US but it doesn’t take me everywhere. My town is quite walkable but also hilly and with weather. I do choose to walk, or ride the train when I can, but I still need a car. Improving this enough for most prople to dispense with cars will be a very long time. In the meantime, my use of EV, walk, train is a huge improvement of my brother in the Midwest using ICE car for everything