• HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Electric SUVs are no better than gas trucks. The weight and shape of the vehicle require an unsustainable amount of energy. Furthermore, they give rich people the moral validation that keeps them trashing the planet with a good conscience.

    • They also weigh even more than an equivalently sized combustion powered truck, and really do a number on road surfaces. Because they weigh so damn much the kinetic energy involved when the Karen driving one inevitably hits something is also immense, even more than a fuel burning truck of the same dimensions. Bear that in mind in case you ever find one plowing through your living room.

      The vast majority of people who think they “need” a truck do not, in fact, actually need a truck or large SUV.