• Kempeth@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    So producing them and shipping them around the globe needs to be reduced dramatically. So that point still kinda stands?

    The supply side is the wrong place to tackle this problem though. If you limit the amount of new cars that may be produced, people will simply drive their older ones for longer.

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      1 year ago

      Driving an older car, and by extension not buying a newer car, decreases demand and would improve the amount of these cargo ships on the sea, thus lowering the opportunity for this to happen. I’m not sure if your comment was for or against people driving their older cars, but I think driving an older car is better than upgrading and buying a newer car

      • Kempeth@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        An older more polluting car migth not be the better option. But if the new car is one of those giant murde boxes then it’s not going to be an upgrade either.