They were doing it before, too, but nobody knew about it. You do know there used to be deadly ass poisons in most of the food sold, right? Planned obsolescence? Worker safety disputes? Bad health conditions in work environments? Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle?

Can’t be perfect so dont even try? Fuck kinda shit is that? May as well blow your brains out now, right?

For one, you can stop thinking in absolutes, and start thinking about what comparatively is better.
Doing the absolute 100% good thing is not possible in our society and economic setup, but that is not a reason to not at least try to do better.
Regarding the device i’m commenting from: it’s economically written off…

you are a precious snowflake

Yeah, people hate realizing the consequences of thier lifestyles.

I do miss the days when I could be completely oblivious to the consequences of my actions. 

isn’t it ironic that the Space Race was about ‘beating the Commies’ but now electric cars are ‘Commie bullshit’? it’s almost like the concept of American exceptionalism is inherently inconsistent; let us hope that Ford jumping feetfirst into electrics with Mustang and F150 will allow EVs to shed that image.

This is a great take, and it’s the part that bothers me about this.

heavily disagree. The american concept is about pushing frontiers and boundaries, about doing things better than before, about being exceptional. WE are losing that, and it’s things like regular old cars and gas and oil holding us back. People are clinging to them and we are just going to have to tear ourselves away…

so basically, “I liked it better when I didn’t know my hyper consumerist lifestyle was killing people and eco systems in far away places, like what do I even care about that for”

EVs are a great value proposition. I’d wager that the vast majority of 2 car households in the US could EASILY live their same lives with at least one of those cars being electric. Add in more charging infrastructure for apartments and condos, and you can greatly increase the number of families that could adopt…

I own 9 internal combustion vehicles. My next purchase will be electric, partly to do my part to cut emissions and partly because I like how they drive. And I support an escalating carbon tax to help capture the externalities of fossil fuel usage and make cleaner energy sources more competitive.

Can you imagine if we’d had your attitude back at the introduction of the internal combustion engine? If everyone said they were a “bad value proposition” (whatever that means) because we already had horse feeding troughs and people who cleared the sh*t from our streets?

Our transition to EV’s is infinitely easier,…

My commute (pre-pandemic) was 30 miles each way. A bit above average. The “normal” range of my 3-year-old Tesla Model 3 is 282 miles (313 on a ‘full’ range charge). I can make it home in the summer with 220 miles “in the tank”. In the winter, it’s more like 200.

If I’m taking a long road trip, say, to my daughters who…

man you’re under multiple comments posting non solutions. seek help

You talking about murdering people you disagree with, and say they are the psychopaths...

Except that vaccine doesn’t give you 100% immunity? There’s also people that are immunocompromised and can’t get vaccinated?

“Only thing is, you can’t legally force someone to A. disclose their medical status including vaccinations .B fire them for not disclosing their medical status.”

Except they can.

“Your employer can ask you for a doctor’s note or other health information if they need the information for sick leave, workers’…

Because breakthrough cases are a thing. Because 95% effective is not 100%. Because variants come out of the unvaccinated. Because vaccines aren’t magic.

Not to mention for some people, the vaccines aren’t as effective (i.e. immunocompromised people). Those people require heard immunity to be protected.

It is fucking…

Lots of jobs have forced vaccination. Colleges have forced vaccination. Teaching has forced vaccination. Travel to some countries have forced vaccination.

Get the vaccine and quit being a plague rat.