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The stance of this thread seems to be "Well it's at least something." Regardless of whether a new electric car has a smaller carbon footprint than an old car run into the ground, we won't hit CO2 targets by electrifying the current fleet and continuing to drive as much as we currently do, and even if we did we would need another planet to strip mine for the resources. This is again, aside from all the other problems with cars.
I do obviously understand that we live in a hell world where private car ownership is mandatory. My point is that I don't think the personal choice to own an electric car does anything to take us out of here and is just siding with the status quo. I get that some people here have made their peace with this. We all have to get through the day somehow, but the idea that choosing an electric car instead of a petrol one will save any of us from the coming climate tribunals seems like one that's worth puncturing.