It seem to me that Europe has the public transit to be able to do that. The problem in North America is that having a car is pretty much necessary for most people, or at least deemed so, thus you can't quickly phase out heat engines (ICE's waste most energy as heat).

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yulaow a day ago | parent | next [-]

Public transit is good but only in big cities. In the other rural areas without a car you are pretty much fucked, and those are also the poorest areas... people there cannot buy a car unless it is a very old used one

	▲	SideburnsOfDoom a day ago \| parent [-]
		I think this is true, that "in North America is that having a car is pretty much necessary for most people" and that in Europe it's necessary for some people. This is neither a pro nor anti EV point though, it's not related to that. "Needing a car" says nothing about whether it's an EV or not.

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neverminder a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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