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colonize_mars2023 t1_je2mj6l wrote

Europe is delusional and all they will achieve is crashing their own economy, which, granted, will actually reduce their emissions.

But I somehow doubt people will like it very much. Populists are already having a field day, and the green poverty just barely started biting ...

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DonQuixBalls t1_je322u5 wrote

Most places in western Europe have efficient, effective, and affordable public transportation. Car ownership in the EU is around 0.53 per resident.

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boersc t1_je5emd2 wrote

I don't think the quality ot public transport in Hungary, Latvia or Romania has anything to do with their low car density.

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Grayson81 t1_je4ad5n wrote

It’s kind of ironic that someone calls themselves “colonise Mars” but thinks that going from 30% to 100% of new car sales being electric in 13 years is too intimidating and ambitious.

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ML4Bratwurst t1_je44w4o wrote

EVs are already cheaper and are still getting cheaper. Whole combustion cars get bigger and more expensive

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DontLetKarmaControlU t1_je4c9aq wrote

EVs are expensive af like twice the price. I am not saying it to prove some point wheteher this is a good idea or not but rather to state a current state of affairs in poland.

Frankly i don't think we have much choice anyway sooo

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ML4Bratwurst t1_je4jpwq wrote

The Tesla model 3 costs less than 40k€

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DontLetKarmaControlU t1_je4k2fc wrote

yeah like i said twice the price of a 'normal' car

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ML4Bratwurst t1_je4nrqz wrote

Lol You don't get a car like a Tesla for 20k. Maybe a small ugly car

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DontLetKarmaControlU t1_je4owaz wrote

right, hence my point

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ML4Bratwurst t1_je4pei7 wrote

What a stupid sticking comparison. Then you could say that ICE vehicles cost ten times as much as ICE vehicles because super sport cars exist

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colonize_mars2023 t1_je4jx0c wrote

>EVs are already cheaper and are still getting cheaper

That is true. And they will.

But you seem to be forgetting one tiny detail - you need electricity generation to power EVs, and Europe HATES any construction of power plants, idiots as they are.

Sure there are some cool-looking wind turbines in german seas and few flacks of solar, but that won't power up a continent in winter. Not even close.

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