Electric cars are still cars, and come with all of the negative externalities of ICE cars, but for the tailpipe emissions: Danger, noise, particulate pollution, social isolation, and infrastructure costs.
The last one is a big problem. Everybody wants to drive anywhere they want whenever they want, but they don’t want to pay for it. Lots of people believe cockamamie stories about how politicians pocket all of their tax money instead of fixing the roads. But no, roads are stupid expensive, and paying for them is driving most cities into insolvency.
The thing is, car drivers should support public transport as much as possible, public transport is the best way to reduce traffic, reducing traffic jams, and giving more freedom to both drivers and public transport users.
Cars. Cars are great and electric ones don’t make road smog.
Each person being able to go wherever they want whenever they want is a good thing.
Whimsy is a sign of a society operating correctly.
Electric cars are still cars, and come with all of the negative externalities of ICE cars, but for the tailpipe emissions: Danger, noise, particulate pollution, social isolation, and infrastructure costs.
The last one is a big problem. Everybody wants to drive anywhere they want whenever they want, but they don’t want to pay for it. Lots of people believe cockamamie stories about how politicians pocket all of their tax money instead of fixing the roads. But no, roads are stupid expensive, and paying for them is driving most cities into insolvency.
They’re still noisy, most of the sound while driving comes from the wheels, not the engine
The thing is, car drivers should support public transport as much as possible, public transport is the best way to reduce traffic, reducing traffic jams, and giving more freedom to both drivers and public transport users.