Highlights
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The strategy of private vehicle electrification is neither effective nor equitable.
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Using private EVs structurally violates the biosphere and communities in three forms:
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Production of inequities, pollution and waste, and the Electric Vehicles Bubble
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The bubble hides negative footprints of shifting to private electric automobility.
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The bubble bursts exactly when collective sentiment has shifted.
Abstract
The world is running out of time to avoid cataclysmic climate impacts. Therefore, determining which decarbonisation strategies are more effective and inclusive in reducing anthropogenic dependency on fossil fuels is vital for governments’ decisions on investment. This research argues that the electrification of private automobility is neither effective nor equitable. Considering the current electricity mix of the grid, this electrification merely shifts the CO2 emissions and other pollutants from urban to rural areas. The strategy
