• Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    There are a lot of Teslas near where I live. A lot.

    But today I found myself behind a Nissan Leaf. I got to thinking, “So many people praise Tesla’s electric system and say they still prefer it over hybrids due to its environmental impact. But giving money to Musk means enabling untold damage to society, and his alliance with right-wingers guarantees that his presence will make this environment worse.” I mean, if he spent his time in Trump’s inner circle convincing them that electric cars are better, that would be fantastic. But no. We all know that’s not going to happen. He definitely has the power to make a positive impact on the world, but he won’t.

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      4 hours ago

      I live in a pretty red area and the increasing number of, what I assume are, second hand teslas is pretty striking. a growing number of fuglytrucks as well. I imagine that some of these teslas are simply “good buys”, but it feels like a whole lot of self sorting. teslas are the new new red hat.

      had a replace a car recently - went with a second hand hybrid. you can be sure that muskmobiles were not even a consideration. funny how history rhymes with fascism and cars.