OPINIONISTA: Catastrophe capitalism jumps on the electric car bandwagon, while South Africa sticks in the slow lane

aberrations such as the current incumbent of the White House, are beginning to compete among themselves for who has the most progressive climate change policies. Yet, it is their actual practice that gives the lie to their claims and self-promotions.in October 2018. In another unusual step for scientists, the report noted that the essential task of cutting the world’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 demanded “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society”.

Why our leaders condemn us to climate suicide – and, why we, the people of the planet, allow them to do so – are the biggest single questions facing humanity, ever. But: electric cars are a desperate necessity.

Electric cars, presented as being non-polluting or zero-emission vehicles, rely on us ignoring that they are only as green as the electricity that drives them; the key is the emissions from producing both the batteries and the electricity used to keep them charged.

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