People arguing about the price of gas, but as soon as someone mentions driving an EV they’re “stupid” and woke

  • jonne@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    Basically they’ve been told to hate it. The oil industry has spent millions pushing all kinds of misinformation to make sure we wouldn’t move off oil, even if there are a million reasons beyond just global warming why it would be a great idea. We’ve known since the 70s that this would be an issue, and governments around the world have just all been ignoring the issue for half a century.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, at first it was the “glorified golf cart” angle, but when Tesla proved that wasn’t true, it turned into “they’re too expensive”, “ackthually they pollute more”, “rare earths”, etc… There will always be something.