solarpunk memes

Not in South FL. Our trains have designated bike racks on the interior and our busses have bike racks on the front. I take a train to work every day, it's really nice.

While the power source that generated the electricity is not necessarily sustainable, power plants should have more at scale Features to limit the pollutants than a traditional petrol engine.

Or at least the power plants should if one lives in a civilized society....

The problem with EVs is that in almost all ways other than local pollution they are just as bad as ICE vehicles. They

• need massive amounts of asphalted space for roadways and parking
• use this space very inefficiently and cause traffic congestion at any given spike in traffic
• drive urban sprawl and thus make housing less sustainable (more sewage,water supply, electric supply, heating, roads/person required)
• urban sprawl stretches everything far apart and makes public transit much less feasible so people who can't drive cars struggle to get places, for example kids can't walk to school or take public transit, instead must be driven
• are loud (because tyres rolling is the driving source of noise)
• are dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists
• their dangers and tendency to cause traffic congestion inhibit other, more efficient and sustainable modes of transport so that when not regulated properly, they take over all of the streetscape as is evident in most western places

Tracking is not unique to electric cars, just new cars.

Large power stations are more efficient than small engines.
Many electric car owners also have solar panels.

Refining enough fuel to transport an average car 100km uses enough energy to transport an average electric car 50km. That's just refining, not including searching for or collecting the oil, or transporting the fuel to fuel stations.
It's so much electricity that most oil refineries have dedicated coal or gas power stations.

As long as you are only considering cars, electric cars are superior in almost every way, and are constantly getting better.

A diesel bus is still better than an electric car (although an electric bus would be better still). Trains and trams would be ideal, but require more upfront cost, so are easier for lazy or corrupt politicians to oppose.

threeish years apparently, given you run it on green electricity.