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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[+] [email protected] -11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Because "better overall" is a silly concept to use here, and is bring deliberately done to "both sides" the debate.

For driving really fast: petrol

For not killing our planets ability to sustain himan life: electric

Its not that hard

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Driving really fast is electric, still. Driving fast and quite far is not.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

The current pikes peak speed record is done with an electric car. Electric cars are quite good at speed as well.

[+] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Eradicating personal vehicles is not feasible.

Not owning a personal vehicle is only okay if you live in the heart of a city and don't go outside of that little bubble. All other scenarios massively benefit from a personal vehicle; even going from one side of a city to another.