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The SIC spent more than £250,000 on fuelling its fleet of petrol and diesel-run cars and vans in the 12 months to July. This comes after the Shetland Times revealed this week that motorists had...

Our local paper just ran a piece on EVs — and the Facebook comments are a full-on anti-EV greatest hits album.

Pretty depressing given the extent of the green energy we generate, and it irritates me how pig-ignorant these people are.

The article has a poll — worth a look and maybe a vote to push against the sheep.

    • Yeahigotskills2@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      10 months ago

      Of course. But the comments on that particular page are mostly locals, and it’s relatively well moderated.

      • Telorand@reddthat.com
        2·
        10 months ago

        The people who frequent Facebook are likely:

        • Over the age of 60
        • Fed a steady diet of Conservative disinformation.

        Moderation or not, Facebook is not a space for progressive ideas, because you can’t moderate all of Facebook or the monster that is Mark Zuckerberg.

  • octobersun@slrpnk.net
    1·
    10 months ago

    Wow the vitriol is high in those posts. Why are they so angrily against EVs? I’m presuming the media they consume is pushing a strong anti-EV message.