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by mmikeff 889 days ago
If you have had the misfortune to open the default homepage in MS Edge recently, it is routinely a smorgasbord of anti EV rhetoric from the likes of the Telegraph, Express and Mail.

Someone somewhere is spending a lot of money on promoting those views to the sort of people who don't change their browser or their homepage.
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toyg 889 days ago
The Conservative Party recently shifted very hard as anti-green and pro-ICE, after one candidate unexpectedly managed to win a race on those issues in London. It's basicaslly their only hope to not be wiped out at the next General Election this year.

Coincidence? I think not.

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nebula8804 889 days ago
>Someone somewhere is spending a lot of money on promoting those views to the sort of people who don't change their browser or their homepage.

The thing about these people is they really don't matter. They are on deaths door anyway and pretty soon they won't be part of the conversation. The important people are the young car buyers of tomorrow. They seem to be quite fond of Tesla and EVs in general.

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mmikeff 888 days ago
Whether or not you think they matter, they vote, and in larger numbers than the younger electorate.
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nebula8804 888 days ago
Thats my point. Yes I acknowledge that they affect today. But they will not affect tomorrow and thats where the thinking should really be because tomorrow is coming really fast!

some portion of Millennials are in their 40s now. The future is definitely EV (and because they still haven't achieved their parents level of status likely left leaning as well)

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