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Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson blamed for slow electric car sales (news.sky.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Mr Bean made me buy a Morris Mini

[–] [email protected] 48 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (9 children)

The rule of thumb is: if your ICE car is still in working order, it's less damaging to the environment to just keep driving it. If you absolutely must buy a new car, get an electric. That being said, I don't trust that Rowan won't be "Mr. Car Guy" and promote his bias towards ICE cars due to his extreme wealth and love of exotic whips.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It's cute how they blame Rowan Atkinson, when we all know who's fault this really is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkrcxLgHn-w

[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Similar to the theory that The Simpsons made a generation not trust nuclear power.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I think 3 mile Island and Chernobyl and Fukushima and Sosnovy Bor and Ibaraki and Forsmark were probably more influential in terrifying the general public about nuclear power.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The cost of building them and waste storage issues were a major factor

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Yeah it's also people using those incidents for fear mongering. Especially when coal and oil have killed way more people than every nuclear incident combined, including nuclear weapons.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (6 children)

The psychological impact of a meltdown versus slow poisoning is important. Similar to how fire bombings were more deadly and destructive than the nuclear bombs were, but the nukes have a bigger impact on us mentally

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just paid £650 out to get my 2007 Astra hatchback through an MOT.

It doesn't get driven much so it makes zero sense to replace it. Even if I'm spending double that in a year to keep it on the road it's still waaaaay cheaper than me paying for a "new" one. It's got bodywork rust now though and it's apparently really hard to find a place that'll do repairs like that :(

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

The biggest reason to get a newer car is the safety features (back up cameras, audible warnings, brake assist, etc.). I had my previous car for over 15 years and the new features were a huge upgrade.

Going on ten years on my current one, and seeing how much safety and tech has improved since then gets me wanting a new one.

But yeah, if you don't drive often, then it might not matter much.

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