These Countries Embrace E.V.s to Avoid Oil Price Shocks (www.nytimes.com)

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People in Costa Rica and other Latin American, Asian and African countries are increasingly buying electric vehicles to avoid spiking fuel prices.

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[-] dom@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Being convinced to prefer a worse option to save egos and tribalism seems to me like something only the privileged can afford.

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