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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (35 children)

And what exactly is the criticism of electric vehicles according to you?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (16 children)

They still are…cars. We don’t need no more cars on our streets. Yeah, they could help to replace some old combustion cars but they still are worse than public transport and bicycles.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

We found the Dad with 4 kids that works 50 km from home. Get that man a bicycle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

you think too American!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Some of us are Americans and have to live with these constraints...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

And some of us aren’t :) the meme is globally speaking.

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