This comic seems to imply that the outcome of climate change will be dependent on individuals’ choice of personal vehicle, and not on the cars themselves or the systems that keep people reliant on them. EVs will not save us from climate change. They are an attempt to prolong the life of the auto industry as we move into a future that must move past motornormativity.
I think the bigger issue is that this comic seems to imply climate change will summon meteors.
Bro are you saying meteors are part of climate change?
I interpreted the meteors/city on fire as short hand for general armageddon because it is probably pretty hard to draw; in a single comic panel: droughts, crop failure, wild fires, floods, severe storms, wars over fresh water, etc. You know, the actual things that will kill people from climate change.
But if you interpret the meteors as literal, then what is the point of the comic? A swarm of meteors is not influenced at all by someones choice to drive an EV or not. So this comic is no longer a critique of that choice.
The point is that some people won’t even take the smaller steps towards a sustainable future with flimsy excuses, and then might do it when everything is going to shit.
In this case it’s someone opposed to those positive changes.
The point of the comic to is to show how futile and silly these excuses are, using hyperbole at the end, to show how foolish and stubborn these people are.
I’m sorry that you’re not the type of person to get jokes, and hopefully you can learn to recognize the mechanics of humor at some point so you understand why and how jokes work for other people.
I don’t think I could ever go back to a gas-powered vehicle now, simply because it’s too convenient to just plug my car in at home. For trips, yes, it’s slightly less convenient to charge it than it is to fill up a gas vehicle, but it’s not like it can’t make the trips in a similar amount of time, regardless.
It’s towing that is the achilles heel of electric vehicles, you can cut your range to less than half with a combination of a trailer and stuff on the roof.
Very few people actually ever tow anything (and I say that as someone who regularly does tow things). But even then, I can keep our ice pickup and replace our car that we drive every day with an ev.
We won’t, though, because the current situation in the US means us taking on new debt would be dumb.
Well, statistically, you don’t actually…
I’m not owning two vehicles just so I can have an EV.
You’re acting like I can afford a gas car and I’m not planning on ending it all once my rust bucket won’t start anymore
I mean… it depends on your requirements. The charge time is most of the time the dealbreaker, because humans are lazy, with an EV you can not just go “oh i forgot to fuel up, lets go to the next gas station and fill it up in seconds” rather “Oh i forgot to plug in my EV after a long drive, guess i will have to wait some hours”.
But still EVs can take you far and it gotten pretty far in the technology, but i guess the battery still holds personally me off buying one.
I haven’t bought an EV yet myself because I’m not buying a new car until my current one kicks the bucket, but don’t they have that “quick charge” feature similar to phones where if the battery is low it can get to “good enough to get you to work and back” in like 5 minutes?
I just can’t wait to not have to worry about oil changes or “odd engine sounds” anymore lol
But you will have to worry about your battery. It will depend on usage, “fast” charging etc… but it will not last as a “normal” car does. So you will have to replace it or dump the car. ( most people just dump it as its cheaper to buy new )
That would rely on having the right charger, and I suspect they will be rare, because that’s a massive amount of power to deliver, and getting that much power to the site would be difficult.
I just want a car that doesn’t spy on me
Looking at the Scout vehicles… which, technically speaking, don’t quite exist yet. :(
There are 2 prototypes, truck and SUV, but the factory to make more is still being built. Hope is 2027/2028?
With a gas powered generator, it will in theory have a 500 mile range.
Actually, Scout vehicles do exist. I have one. It was made in 1967.
Yeah, the OG Scouts, the new ones will be electric.
Yup, and wasn’t the brand bought by VW? Mine was made by International Harvester. So not really that closely related, except maybe for body shape.
Yup, they bought IH and Scout came with it.
How does the apocalypse make evs future proof?
Well, it’d probably fuck up new car manufacturing, and if you could keep it charged, perhaps with some kind of solar array, you wouldn’t have quite the same difficulties as petrol
