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Europe has survived 3 energy shocks in 4 years. The only way out is to stop buying power from its enemies | Fortune

https://fortune.com/2026/03/25/europe-3-energy-shocks-in-4-years-what-to-do-next/

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[โ€“] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

To me a car like that kinda defeats the point of owning a car.

If it's only needed for driving around town and getting groceries, I can do that with (e-?)bike+transit+carsharing.

A significant fraction of my yearly km are driven on trip of over 500km/day, and to do that with the family it really helps to have a car. It'll still be a while before electric cars are completely viable for my use case.

Replacing the short range use of cars with electrical ones is the wrong approach. It should mostly be reduced by offering alternatives. If people use the car only half as much, that's a nearly 50% reduction on emission and fuel consumption, right there.

[โ€“] qevlarr@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

Wouldn't you do it the other way around, where the car you own is for commuting and kids taxi, and you use a car rental or sharing service for the long trips?

[โ€“] eutampieri@feddit.it 1 points 21 hours ago

I agree with you, and I get around town mostly on bike. Many people donโ€™t, and I think it would be better if they drove EVs. Anyway, if Iโ€™d need to buy a car, I would still consider the Spring, since its range would be fine for heavy loads that I wouldnโ€™t carry on a (cargo) bike or 100-200 km trips