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[–] EternalNicodemus@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Acktually, to use a VPN, you would need to turn on your PC or phone, which uses a small but existent amount of petrol -🤓

[–] quindraco@lemm.ee 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Solar power. Checkmate, atheists.

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

and EV car. also fuck petrol. and gallons while I'm here.

[–] tetelestia@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

EVs solve about 2 of the 20 problems cars create.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

While that's true, they "solve"* the two issues that are most pressing with ICE cars, air polution and fossil fuel use. I'd rather have EVs over ICEs, and I'd rather have walkable cities and robust public transit than either of the car options.

* are better, not perfect

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

perfect is the enemy of good.

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

With climate change, we have a multiplication of flooding and heat wave. Cars increase the effect of both of them. EVs or ICEs, it doesn't matter.

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

EVs are not and will never ever be the answer. It's a myth like many created by the car industry.

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

no one said they were, calm down.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Pumped storage hydropower works all the time.

[–] teuast@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago
  1. it won't be in a few hours 2. if only we had some way of storing electricity for later use
[–] Vampiric_Luma@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Collect moon and starlight

[–] jarfil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The real waste is in converting solar to electricity. Use fiber optics, powered by light! Simplify! 🥴

[–] Jeanschyso@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hydroelectricity, nuclear, wind and solar BABEEYYYYYY!!!!!

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

perfectly valid point to bring up on a community dedicated to hating on polluters even if it was originally just a joke. Pretty serious matters