• Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    ridiculous statement, you can hate Elon and Tesla, while caring about climate change. You may not be aware there are other electric vehicles not associated with Nazis. Right now, Elon is pushing for changes that increase climate change by supporting the Trump administration. Dealing any kind of social and monetary blow to Elon and his companies would hopefully discourage him from continuing his actions.

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      2 days ago

      Forget climate change, have you considered the amount of toxic chemicals released into the atmosphere by burning down even one of these vehicles?

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        1 day ago

        Even if 1k burned unnecessarily, it’s No where near as impactful to the environment as the bad decision making a country with a GDP of 27 trillion USD will be making. We passed the largest bill to deal with climate change (Inflation Reduction act) the world has ever seen and now that may all get thrown away because of Donald, financially backed and influenced by the CEO of Tesla. Not only will Donald not fight to combat climate change, his is actively encouraging it by implementing policies that encourage fossil fuel use.

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          So in order to combat Trump’s lack of interest in reducing fossil fuel use, the solution is to destroy the most popular brand of electric cars, because the owner is of said electric car brand is helping Trump increase fossil fuel use, thus actively shooting himself in the foot.

          Make it make sense.

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            1 day ago

            Nobody said Elon is smart.

            Are you denying that Donald is encouraging fossil fuel usage and by extension worsening climate change? Are you denying that Elon chose to financially support the candidate that would worsen fossil fuel usage?

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                  7 hours ago

                  Quoting directly from the article:

                  Does it help Tesla?

                  It is unclear whether selling carbon credits provides much-needed relief to Tesla compared to its rivals and even slows down other projects on the timeline.

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                  19 hours ago

                  Okay’, let me ELI5:

                  Elon mainly makes money from selling electric vehicles, doesn’t he?

                  Electric vehicles are sold as a climate-friendly alternative to internal combustion engines.

                  If Trump is vehemently anti-EV and pro-ICE, what the hell does Elon have to gain from supporting him? He’s a capitalist after all, isn’t he? Why would he throw away his life’s work on supporting the one candidate who promises to ruin his entire business model?

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                    15 hours ago

                    Donald is pro Tesla (now) not pro EV and definitely is not against combating climate change. With many government incentives for purchasing EV’s going away, Donald placing tariffs on Chinese products ( oh wow, BYD is Chinese, and sells extremely cheap EVs that people would prefer to buy over Teslas when you just look at the cost), Donald potentially putting tariffs on other electric vehicles from foreign countries (well look at that, now Tesla is one of the few non tariffed options along with other american electric cars), and with Teslas were being hawked at the white house, yeah it makes a lot of sense for Elon to support the most corruptible candidate.

                    Elon doesn’t care about the environment, he only cares about getting his companies ahead. Kamala wouldn’t give HIM special treatment, and it would be hard for him to convince her to do so. Donald just needs some money and he’ll gladly talk about how “everything’s computer” inside a tesla in front of the white house.

                    And this is really just a distraction from your main point. Destroying Teslas doesn’t negatively affect the environment as badly as Musk supporting Trump, how is actively encouraging climate change.