Demand at online marketplaces could settle at a new, higher normal, with the crisis leaving consumers ‘scarred’
  • GreatDane@feddit.dkEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    I switched from a petrol car to an EV just 3 weeks before Trump’s “fantastic” idea. My god, I am so happy that I did that.

  • snoons@lemmy.caEnglish
    24·
    2 days ago

    Quite telling how it takes temporary economic disruption and not permanent environmental destruction to get more people to behave responsibly.

    • Señor Mono@feddit.orgEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      It‘s more like an economic tipping point. Before, people thought they can hang on to their (old) CVs just some more months/years… they fast track new purchases now.

    • BedSharkPal@lemmy.caEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      To some degree being able to plan for the long term has become a luxury. But I agree with your point

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Always has been. It’s why non-material policies are rarely effective. People primarily respond to changes in their material conditions. It’s like we collectively forgot abt that after WWII.

  • namingthingsiseasy@programming.devEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    It has been obvious for far too long that ICEs will go extinct and be replaced by EVs.

    The people who have been holding out have no excuses at this point. They should have started the transition a long time ago.