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Gasoline cars are now less than 50% of new cars sold globally. (oilprice.com)
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[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The actual problem is diesel, ship bunker fuel and jet kerosene.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

We also need a better backbone to support evs. China has massive charging stations, essentially battery stations like gas stations.

https://youtube.com/shorts/KhoRJQUA6dA

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, it is one of the problems. You could say the microplastic from car tires infecting our bloodstream and everything on Earth is another. But there are loads more problems as well.

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 points 22 hours ago

Some problems cause sudden excess deaths in the billions, others less so.