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I am starting to worry about the electric cars.Not the thing itself；I’ve found electric vehicles to be superior to their fossil-powered predecessors in just about every important way, and although I am a car-crazy Californian, I don’t expect to buy a lung-destroying, pollution-spewing gas car ever again.But electric motors are merely a power source, not a panacea.From General Motors’ Super Bowl ads to President Biden’s climate-change plans, plug-in cars are now being cast as a central player in America’s response to a warming future—turning a perfectly reasonable technological hope into overblown hype.
The planet will be much better off if we switch to electric cars.But gauzy visions of the guilt-free highways of tomorrow could easily distract us from the larger and more entrenched problem with America’s transportation system.
That problem isn’t just gas-fueled cars but car-fueled lives—a view of the world in which huge private automobiles are the default methods of getting around.In this way E.V.s represent a very American answer to climate change：To deal with an expensive, dangerous, extremely resource-intensive machine that has helped bring about the destruction of the planet, let’s all buy this new version, which runs on a different fuel.
During his time as mayor of South Bend, Ind., Pete Buttigieg, the new secretary of transportation, advocated plans to reduce car dependency.But asking Americans to begin to imagine a future of fewer, smaller cars and less driving will be a great political heave.I can already imagine the Fox News segments pillorying Biden and Mayor Pete for their “war”on S.U.V.s and pickup trucks.
Comment 1
When gasoline prices hit $200.00 a gallon, we were gonna quit driving and just WALK everywhere.
Comment 2
We support and encourage many planet-saving carbon offset projects worldwide.These include forest regeneration and protection activities designed to save the world’s precious natural resources.Your support makes a significant difference in the fight against climate change and global warming.
Comment 3
An objection to the clean, eco-friendly image of electric cars is the effects of electric car battery pollution.
Electric car batteries are composed of various rare earth materials.The extraction, manipulation, and disposal of such materials can contribute to carbon emissions and air and water pollution.