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Study shows EV owners have bigger carbon footprint than average because they are wealthier

phys.org Study shows EV owners have bigger carbon footprint than average because they are wealthier

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??

Fuck Cars @lemmy.world

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Study shows EV owners have bigger carbon footprint than average because they are wealthier

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Their bigger carbon footprint isn't caused by the EV though.
- 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.
  
  A lot of North America has zero public transit and is very spread out.
  
  Absolutely. Improvements has been made, but there is a very long way to go.
  
  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.
- Correct, it's caused by being relatively rich.
  Cars are luxuries. Electric cars are more expensive luxuries.
  
  So invest in trams, dude?
  
  Yes! Now convince the car fanboys clamoring for electric cars to switch.
  
  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
  
  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.

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