Channel: Our Changing Climate

Category: Education

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Description: Electric cars won't save us. Sign up for Nebula AND CuriosityStream here: curiositystream.com/occ Find the Nebula extended video here: nebula.app/videos/occ-why-electric-cars-wont-save-us In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at why electric cars won't save us. Specifically, I unpack why electric cars still have emissions tied to them as well as solidify imperialist extraction in the global south. That being said, electric cars are still much better for the planet and for people than gas-powered, fossil fuel-guzzling cars. My question, however, is whether completely replacing gas cars with electric cars is a justice-oriented answer to the climate crisis. To that, I offer up free and electrified public transportation like trams and buses as an alternative that would expand access to cities, especially for low-income people, and minimize our material footprint. Public transportation is essential to creating an ethical and ecologically focused future. Help me make more videos like this via Patreon: patreon.com/OurChangingClimate Email List: ourchangingclimateocc.substack.com Twitter: twitter.com/OurClimateNow Facebook: facebook.com/occvideos Instagram: instagram.com/occ.climate Reddit: reddit.com/r/OurChangingClimate Check out other Climate YouTubers: Climate in Colour: youtube.com/channel/UC8Wp9EmfpV7EUSrSJAonxzw zentouro: youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: youtube.com/channel/UCTRM8LE1g6UXrVZKwgw5oEA Levi Hildebrand: youtube.com/user/The100LH Simon Clark: youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys Sarah Karver: youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw Sweet Soul Whisper ASMR: youtube.com/channel/UCkWMO64iyRbXQCq5fT4BlBw ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Jack Harries: youtube.com/user/JacksGap Beckisphere: youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ All About Climate: youtube.com/channel/UCs0uXl-w0672ni8pS3UDXsQ Aime Maggie: youtube.com/channel/UCpIcLW8YOY1kL_6J0TzDBGA Just Have a Think: youtube.com/channel/UCRBwLPbXGsI2cJe9W1zfSjQ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:41 - Are Electric Cars the Answer? 5:27 - What Should We Do Instead? 6:33 - Car-less Transportation 9:51 - Towards a Car-less World 11:24 - Nebula and CuriosityStream Ad Spot 13:48 - Outro I use Epidemic Sound for some of my music: epidemicsound.com/creator _______________________ Further Reading and Research: fascinated-soccer-ac0.notion.site/Electric-Cars-Resources-04cb8f7ce18b4b6dbaab40e09567a614 #ElectricCars #PublicTransportation #ClimateChange