I’ve seen a lot of posts here on Lemmy, specifically in the “fuck cars” communities as to how Electric Vehicles do pretty much nothing for the Climate, but I continue to see Climate activists everywhere try pushing so, so hard for Electric Vehicles.
Are they actually beneficial to the planet other than limiting exhaust, or is that it? or maybe exhaust is a way bigger problem?
Yep. An important rule for most “things” if not life, is one big “thing” is almost always more efficient than many smaller ones. An example would be one large power plant serving many EVs, instead of many combustion engines for each vehicle. Applies to buses and trucks too, one bus is more efficient than many cars, one 18-wheeler truck instead of 50 pickup trucks, etc.