A pair of psychologists and an economist at the University of Turku, in Finland, have found that because the average electric vehicle (EV) owner is wealthier than the average person, they still have a bigger than average carbon footprint.

Maybe EVs are not a comprehensive climate solution??

    • Skvlp@lemm.ee
      21·
      2 months ago

      No, it is not. But, while electric vehicles have lower carbon footprint than gasoline powered cars, they have far higher carbon footprint than public transport.

        • Skvlp@lemm.ee
          4·
          2 months ago

          Absolutely. Improvements has been made, but there is a very long way to go.

        • Łumało [he/him]@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          China is comparably big and they don’t seem to have this “problem”. There is little excuse to not develop public transit. But unfortunately from what I’ve seen from Not Just Bikes, Amtrak looks like hell to use. So destroying capitalism might be the first thing to do, before any significant and useful developments happen.

    • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.vgOPEnglish
      42·
      2 months ago

      Correct, it’s caused by being relatively rich.

      Cars are luxuries. Electric cars are more expensive luxuries.

      • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        By this logic, if a rich dude makes a public railway system then it’s doesn’t matter that the trains are more environmentally efficient, that person is rich so it invalidates everything else

        • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.vgOPEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Is the railway system for his personal use? Rail is good if it’s public transport (and cargo). There was a tradition, some time ago, of rich people getting their own railways and trains. But now they have jets and yachts.

  • ferret@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    141·
    2 months ago

    Correlation ≠ Causation. This study is ridiculous in premise. I hate cars as much as the next guy but please don’t post garbage

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      71·
      2 months ago

      Yeah this reads like an article built to make people who don’t choose evs to feel justified. What are the real motives of this “study”.

      I personally own an EV, and also got rid of my gas furnace, and gas water heater, and everything gas. So, wonder who they studied and how

      • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        22·
        2 months ago

        I personally own an EV, and also got rid of my gas furnace, and gas water heater, and everything gas. So, wonder who they studied and how

        They probably studied every other person who owns an EV.

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    42·
    2 months ago

    EVs are here to save the car/oil cartels not the planet. The planet can not sustain the level of privilege exhibited by these EV owners. Even if the EV makes a slight improvement, it’s not nearly enough and it’s a symptom of much greater waste and privilege. We need to stop pretending that EVs are some kind of sustainable solution for the planetary crisis.