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  But good public transport and more sensible zoning laws is socialism.
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  I feel like you have part of an idea, but it isn't fully formed. >
  
  I charge my car from my solar system and drive back and forth to work every day. Don’t pay for gas, don’t pay for electricity. Save the planet? Save me money! >
  
  I love that, you're living it! >
  
  Electric cars don't save the planet, they reduce the use of petrol/diesel for that one person. Their construction and disposal aren't done in environmentally friendly ways. >
  
  The disposal supposedly is worse for the environment than what it saves over it's lifetime >
  
  Why would you dispose of them? Current generation EVs are quite recyclable. Even current battery recycling tech is highly efficient and yields 100% recovery of the mineral components. >
  
  And also produces incredible amounts of pollution. And when considering how most electricity is already worse for the environment than gas and that when transferred to electricity it loses efficiency, the technology isn't there yet. >
  
  Electric cars aren't here to save the planet, they're here to save the car companies. >
  
  This is something car enthusiasts and climate activists can both agree on >
  
  Cars are pollution. They contaminate our cities simply by existing. Electric cars just make people feel better about themselves. >
  
  Also the manufacturing of cars is way more harmful than the cars themselves.