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Environment & Energy

NNadir

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1. Ah, the big myth that electric cars are "green."

Reply to CentralMass (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 12:39 AM

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They're not, but the myth is widely believed, much to the detriment of the environment.

A paper addressing the idea that electric cars are "green."

Any celebration of the car CULTure is a celebration of the destruction of the planetary atmosphere.

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