As lawmakers around the world weigh bans of 'forever chemicals,” many manufacturers are pushing back, saying there often is no substitute.

  • @FlowVoid
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    1 year ago

    We powered our cars with gasoline instead of batteries.

    Because without PFAS, we can’t make EV batteries.

    • @VonCesaw
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      71 year ago

      The point of transportation reform isnt to get a new type of car, its to eliminate the need for cars

      • @FlowVoid
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        1 year ago

        Many parts of the world currently depend on cars, and that cannot easily be changed. While it’s not impossible, eliminating cars will require a long time. Much longer than the amount of time we have left to avert catastrophic climate change.

        • @VonCesaw
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          21 year ago

          Unless those electric cars are running on entirely renewable energy, it’s a non-positive

          • @FlowVoid
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            31 year ago

            Electric vehicles add demand to the power grid. These days, increased demand is met by increasing renewable energy production (mostly wind turbines). Nobody is building coal plants any more.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        If you think personal forms of transportation will ever disappear you are straight up delusional. That’s not “reform” that’s ignorance.

        • @rexxit
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          21 year ago

          Agreed, but social media has become an echo chamber for fuckcars and good luck reasoning with them.