But it might hurt the economy
But it might hurt the economy
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I once had a person unironically tell me they wanted to help curb climate change but didn't want to drive an electric car that looked like an egg.
You could just slot that right into one of these comics and it would fit.
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I would question the engineers behind an egg shaped train car as well.
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but didn't want to drive an electric car that looked like an egg.
What. Electric cars look like...an egg? Was he from a different planet‽
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Nissan Leaf, Chevy Bolt, Toyota Prius, and the early Honda insights are all rather round. Especially the earlier iterations of the cars.
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Probably he was thinking of something like a Twike.
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So car manufacturers did not want EVs as they would require radical changes, but they wanted to show governments that they are also exploring the idea. So they purposefully made ugly looking cars with very low mileage then reported "see? No one wants EVs"
Tesla really changed that image and showed that EVs can look attractive and be practical.
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To be fair I never really got why companies couldn’t bring themselves to make hybrid vehicles that just looked like normal cars. They did everything they could to make sure that electric cars remained kinda niche. This modern trend of just making existing, familiar models come with electric options is great. Even the weirdos who buy trucks are going for the Ford Lightning.
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The thing I don't like about electric cars is how they're all automatics
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One way or another, the infinite growth market capitalism demands is unsustainable.
It's just pathetic that our species demands we prove that the hard way.
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Probably going to get downvoted to shit for this.
Achieving the UN SDG (that we are failing miserably at) would create around 12 Trillion in market growth over the next 7 years.
Its not just an economic problem.
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Actually not at all. 12 Trillion over 7 years means 1.7Trillion added to global annual GDP. The global economy has a GDP of a bit over 100 Trillion. So we are talking adding 1.7% growth and then stagnation. For the most part global GDP has grown by about 3%. So we are talking a low year in terms of GDP growth and then no growth at all.
As for the UN SDG part of them is to meet the most basic material needs of everybody. When poor people get money, they spend it. That is just logical, when you need food and have money, buying food makes perfect sense. At the same time better education also helps the economy a lot. Long term that would stop global population growth a lot faster and be a net positive the everybody. The other part is that renewables require a lot of investment as well, which also naturally grows GDP.
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Sorry, can't tell if you're agreeing with me or not
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Do you have any evidence of this I'd love to read something like this. It would prove that it's quite possible to have a stable economy while fighting climate change we just have dragons hoarding all the wealth to do it.
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I can get that for you - reference from my sustainability lecturer so will need to go dig through my references.
Its worth noting however that this if the growth for all 17 goals combined - climate change is just a small part of that.
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We cannot prevent climate change.
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Seems like it's copying this old comic.
https://i.imgur.com/60MRgCt.jpeg
Just because the joke is similar doesn't mean one is copying the other. Versions of this joke exist in a variety of forms, and it's entirely possible that each creator thought of it independently, inspired by the events of the day.
This is even more on point.
And its like a decade old.