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[–] force@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

“There is no future without electrification. But just electrification will not get us there,”

Daniel Posen is an associate professor in U of T’s department of civil and mineral engineering, and the Canada Research Chair in system-scale environmental impacts of energy and transport technologies. He agrees electrification is vital. But relying solely on electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions from transportation may not be enough, especially if we want to do it in time to stop a catastrophic two-degree rise in global temperatures.

The article you link contradicts you, it clearly suggests that adoption of EVs reduce carbon emissions, but we still need to do more (e.g. ACTUALLY HAVE PUBLIC TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE) to prevent a climate catastrophe.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@sub_ubi@lemmy.ml edited their post and changed their source. The old source cited was this:

" Can Electric Vehicles Save the Planet?"

Eliminating gas-powered cars and trucks may help avert a climate catastrophe. But they are only part of the solution https://magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ideas/can-electric-vehicles-save-the-planet/

That is the source that @force as quoting and replied to, and @force is right I was going to respond similarly after reading the original source.