Hi all, As title says, I’d like to know if in your opinion electric vehicles are truly a sustainable solution that fits within the solarpunk vision (given the fact that a community exists here). I work in an urban agriculture association and spend time with engaged and activist people, and it’s pretty much accepted there that EVs are a big scam. What do you think and would you have any recommendations for me to form my own opinion on this topic, which I consider particularly important? Thank you!
Depends on whether they’re punk. :)
EVs can also be a solar gentification / dystopia, if they have a deadly price tag followed by “everything breaks and you can fix nothing on your own”. Many current EVs are dangerously in that direction. Accept only the simplest and most open systems. Even if you never intend to get your own hands dirty, getting cheap assistance will depend on that.
This. It’s hard to strike a good balance between making my town better and resisting gentrification that is rapidly pricing me out of the community I’ve lived in for the past 20 years.