Activists Attempt to Storm Tesla Gigafactory in Germany
Activists Attempt to Storm Tesla Gigafactory in Germany
Masses of environmental protesters broke through police and reached the outside of a Tesla Gigafactory, protesting its water usage and planned expansion.
Here's hoping they prevail & that they inspire others either way.
Do like the slogan on that banner.
Yes!
Did they win?
When you call yourself "Verkehrswende" but protest an EV factory. You can't make that shit up.
EVs only eliminate tail pipe pollution, otherwise they are more of the same.
They are multi ton metal boxes rolling on rubber wheels over asphalt roads, often to transport a single person. The create the same amount of traffic and waste the same amount of land on parking. Due to their heavy battery and better acceleration they create more fine particulates of wheel rubber.EV are a Verkehrsrichtungsänderung, a Verkehrswende consists of trains and public transit.
Cars are resources intensive in general, although EVs clearly pollute less, even when taking batteries into account (lifecycle analysis), and even if electricity used to charge them isn't renewable.
All cars company deserve some push back, but producing EVs isn't a good reason to single out Tesla.
In this case it seems there's another factor, which are fear for water resources due to putting too much/large factories in one place, and Elon being an asshole.
Why even comment if you didn't read the article? Between this and the seasonal droughts, the local residents are having their water usage rationed while this factory is ignoring the town's vote against its expansion.