• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    This is dumb. Sure Elon Musk is a dickhead. And sure Cybertruck is a dumb vehicle that only dickheads would want to have.

    But I’d rather the dickheads be driving a Cybertruck than some other massive vehicle that runs on fossil fuels.

    • kim_harding ✅@mastodon.scot
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      6 months ago

      @SpaceCowboy @return2ozma ~60% of Tesla’s profits come from the sale of carbon credits, which enable other massive vehicles that run on fossil fuels to be built. E-cars are not about “saving the planet” they are pure Greenwash which is saving the motor industry.

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        6 months ago

        That’s more of a problem with how carbon credits are being regulated. Sure Tesla are being assholes for doing this, but it’s a corporation, I don’t expect them to be good guys.

        But none of that changes the fact that some meathead buying a Cybertruck instead of the equivalent fossil fuel monstrosity is reducing CO2 emissions in a direct way. Spray paint the sign a Tesla corporate HQ, don’t damage a vehicle which will only have the result of someone driving a fossil fuel vehicle a little longer while the damage is being fixed.

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          6 months ago

          Literally the state of California would have lower CO2 emissions today if Tesla didn’t exist.

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            6 months ago

            You’re assuming unscrupulous companies wouldn’t find another loophole or just pay a fine for going over the limit.

            Don’t get me wrong, Tesla is shit for helping with the loophole, but it’s a degrees of bad kind of thing. Getting fossil fuel vehicles off the road does reduce carbon emissions, but Tesla was exaggerating their numbers. They should be punished for doing this, but doubling up their numbers only works if the number isn’t zero.

            But this is all getting away from the fact that damaging these vehicles has the net effect of people driving fossil fuel vehicles longer. It’s a net harm to everyone.

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          6 months ago

          If somehow murder became not illegal, it wouldn’t make all the corpses not murderer’s problem.

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      6 months ago

      All car companies are run by evil dickheads. Most of them just make less noise than Elon.

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      6 months ago

      Tesla is synonymous with climate destruction and if you believe otherwise demonstrates that you have grossly bought into their propaganda.