Thread by @mateosfo

electric vehicle advocates are basically assuming they'll be able to convince a ~ billion gasoline SUV drivers in 2030 to retire their SUVs early and drop ~ $25,000 on a new electric vehicle "because it's better"

The more likely scenario is, taxpayers will be forced to give SUV drivers $25 trillion in "cash for clunkers" programs.

Hell, Bernie Sanders proposed this exact approach two years ago -- $2 trillion in handouts to the for-profit capitalist car industry!

"climate action"

alternatively, we could *stop* burning money, start to claw back all the land and tax dollars the car industry stole from us, use it for housing and transit, and do it all *for less money*

Demand for walkable neighborhoods is through the roof.

People hate long car commutes.

Cars are so astonishingly expensive, it's hard to wrap your head around:

Americans spend $3 trillion per year on car culture. It's far more than enough money to completely solve the car problem with land use reform and transit.

So, take a fraction of money you already spend on your car, solve the world's most pressing problems? While simultaneously eliminating your need to drive most of the time? Reduce your risk of death/dismemberment?

Save money, make your life better?

Ah fuck it, this is America.