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Biden promised to install thousands of EV charging stations. Only 7 have been built [so far] (wapo.st)
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“State transportation agencies are the recipients of the money,” he said. “Nearly all of them had no experience deploying electric vehicle charging stations before this law was enacted.”

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[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Mass Public Transport > Electric Cars.

Electric car support will take a short while to implement, but fossil fuel reduction will take a long time to show and a long time to be significant.

But Mass Public Transport takes a long while to implement and savings are quick to show, that would be because less people would require personal cars, which means direct drop in fuel usage per person, even more so in big cities which suffer because high population density requires too much parking space that is never enough.

Mass Public Transport could undo plenty of harm caused knowingly by the auto industry. funding, or in this case legitimizing the industry will not really help as electricity itself is still generated from fossil fuels.

The solution should be LESS consumption, not making excuses for the same consumption, or legitimizing more.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There are applications for which mass transit just isn't enough. I expect to see for example some of the disabled using EVs instead of mass transit. Realistically: we need to minimize driving, and electrify what remains.

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago

Agreed, also public transport should be more accommodating towards the disabled, it's always such a weird thing that the buses (where i live in) have 0 or 1 "seating spots" for wheelchairs, instead of something modular that is more accomodating.