• sonovebitch@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I’m all for green energies and all. But in his defense, in the vast majority of presentationss/documentaries/panflets for “replace fossil fuel with electric”, they nearly never openly take into consideration how fucking bad for the environment and the local populations mining rare minerals used in batteries is.

    So yeah, let’s stop using non reusables, but also let’s acknowledge and openly talk about it.

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        2 years ago

        Frankly, personal cars should not be legal for most people, they are a massive problem in more ways than just the environmental damage. But at this point people are so in love with their cars, that it would take a miracle to change that dependence.

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          2 years ago

          Why ban them? Just tax them as luxury items like what Singapore does and slap tolls on all roads like what Japan does. Tokyo has wonderful roads and very little traffic for such a large city.

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            2 years ago

            Still not a fan of “if you’re poor, fuck you”. But yes, there must be a middle ground somewhere.

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      2 years ago

      I love how it’s only a problem when the auto and oil industries are threatened, and totally ignored for decades for phone, tablet and laptop batteries.

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      2 years ago

      That’s not entirely true and there are several companies now that can recycle the lithium used on batteries.