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xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles (europe.pub)

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xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles

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Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3214/

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Plus, have you seen all the iron and other metals that have to be mined shipped, refined, shipped, and then made in to parts, shipped again, and then assembled, and finally shipped to the dealer for a single ICE car?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This was Jeremy Clarkson's stupid argument against hybrids. Boomer rant.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've heard it so many times, and it's probably the dumbest thing I've heard about electric cars other than the guy who wanted to know how you would drive your EV at night if it charged from solar panels.