• Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
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    prices are not where an average person could go out and buy one in the usa $7.25 is still the minimum wage not to mention rising costs of insurance and property taxes and some states tack on extras fee for certain things and some insurance companies are leaving states making the cost jump even more

    cheaper gasoline vehicles are barely affordable if at all for most even used ones

    what about the battery and materials having to be mined and what have you

    are the workers from material gathering to the final build paid a fair living wage

    in some places such as tennessee the charging stations for electric are shutting down

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        10 months ago

        if a green machine is better for the planet but out of reach for the average person then how does it help

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          The green option is walking, cycling and public transport, which are cheap. Cars are an inequality crisis just as much as an environment crisis.