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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have to justify not having an electric car. No one has to justify not having spent 10s of thousands on a vehicle when most have only been on the market a few years. And as many posts here demonstrate, there are still many limitations to EVs, whether it's not being reliable under certain circumstances, having access to charging stations when traveling to visit family, or not being able to install a charging cable at home. No one has to justify not taking that on, especially when you have to pay so much for the privilege of dealing with it.

How about everyone justify each of their children and their environmental impact.

Please justify your precise amount of trash generated.

Justify every purchase you have ever made that wasn't strictly necessary to keep you alive. If shipped to your home, justify that shipping.

Justify living in a house with more than just a kitchen, small living space, and beds for each member of the family. Justify your yard.

Justify all of your plane travel for whatever reason.

Justify your heating and cooling usage, as well as your hot water usage.

Those are all adjustments we could all make that don't actually cost anything extra (most of them are actually cheaper than being more wasteful) and would have the same or larger benefit than buying an EV. Yet no one is starting threads demanding people justify their lifestyle when the average American lifestyle is actually hugely wasteful, requires tons of fossil fuels (not even in your own vehicle -- Amazon ordering alone results in a huge amount of fossil fuel use even if you don't have a car), results in enormous consumer waste and expanding landfills, etc.

If you have an EV, good for you. It is better than a gas powered vehicle. But having an EV doesn't magically make you more environmentally virtuous than other people. There are families driving gas vehicles but living in small homes or apartments, composting, and rarely buying new consumer goods. They likely have a smaller carbon footprint than your average Tesla owner, let's get real.[/quote]

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