One Climate Action that Really Matters: Buy an EV

Among all the angst about climate change, more and more people are asking, What can I do? The usual answer is to consume less, use mass transit, or maybe install solar on your roof. Manage your carbon footprint — don’t fly, become a vegan. All of those will add something good to the mix, but a better idea with far more impact is to buy an EV. If you think about it, the number one thing we need to do is create an economy that no longer emits the greenhouse gases (GHG) that cause climate change. <a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Scientists say we need to be at 350 ppm of carbon in the atmosphere</a>, but we are at 417 ppm. Before industrialization, we were at 280 ppm. We have gone way past what the biosphere can withstand. Really big changes are necessary. One way to accomplish those changes is to browbeat people into living differently. We could ration fuel, limit food and water to prescribed levels through food stamps for everyone, rip out the roads and force everyone onto mass transit, and stop everyone from buying things they want — all to reduce consumption. There’s a chance it could work. If you can’t persuade them, perhaps force will be required. Some will argue that such force would be the cost of our sins and better for everyone. But this would yield a world few people would want to live in. <a href="https://medium.com/the-new-climate/one-climate-action-that-really-matters-buy-an-ev-6681f29b0b98">Click Here</a>