Here comes the EV philosopher
What's common between electric vehicles, public metros, solar power and home schooling? The opposition to them by people who have their ways cemented in their opposites: fossil fuel powered vehicles, bus/car travel, electricity and schools. Each comparison plays out in the exact same way: shoot the messenger, not in a way that makes people evil, but in way that makes change impossible. They're so defined by one reality that the other reality has to be held to standards at least thrice as high. Let's take the case of EV vs. fossil fuels. People who know cars and petrol have a large, consistent network that they can base their trust on. It's become a normality that they've never questioned, and oil companies love the profit (just a side comment from my Earth-loving side! Ha ha!). If you compare the behavior, trust, access, and fears that make up petrol users' ( which consist of most of us) relationship with petrol, you will find that they match the chances of t