theres only two temporary reasons. 1. the environmental reason is less the gas vs battery situation, but more the EVs are heavy, and the biggest pollutant are car tires. this tied with US consumer obsession of SUV sized vehicles dont help.
the other is not all places have an equivalent “gas tax” which is used for road maintainance usually for EVs since, well they dont use gas.
both fixable problems but can be considered a problem
Isn’t it also that sourcing the raw materials for the batteries results in a lot of pollution, and the charging is often provided by coal burning plants?
theres only two temporary reasons. 1. the environmental reason is less the gas vs battery situation, but more the EVs are heavy, and the biggest pollutant are car tires. this tied with US consumer obsession of SUV sized vehicles dont help.
the other is not all places have an equivalent “gas tax” which is used for road maintainance usually for EVs since, well they dont use gas.
both fixable problems but can be considered a problem
Isn’t it also that sourcing the raw materials for the batteries results in a lot of pollution, and the charging is often provided by coal burning plants?
This also leads to a shit-ton of attendant neocolonial shitfuckery - but nobody in the US really cares about that.