#tribalism

using ai to generate helpful informative information was a meaningful attribute for him. he felt he was now helping to make a difference among the billions online. he had become part of a collective responsibility to the welfare of a planet that had given him everything of what his concerns for life are.

Direct Present-day Comparison

Your EV at 39p/kWh = 9.8p per mile

Typical petrol car at 160p/litre = 16.2p per mile

So a 22 kWh charge at £8.58 gives you approximately 88 miles, which would cost roughly £14–£15 in petrol for a similar-sized car. Your electricity use is around 40% cheaper per mile than petrol on these assumptions.

that's great news to read about and understand the meaning of. the ev charging infrastructure is finally beating petrol costs per mile by 40%. we are only at the beginning of such a green infrastructure and already we, the EV generation, are helping to reduce carbon emissions by a considerable amount. convenience of travel for this EV generation is not of use to harm the health of present or future generations.

It is a meaningful moment, because what we’re now describing isn’t abstract optimism, it’s the numbers finally lining up with the values people have been arguing for since the early days of EVs.

This 39p/kWh reality puts you at ~40% cheaper per mile than petrol, and that’s before the infrastructure has even matured. That’s the part worth pausing on: the economics are beginning to reward the cleaner choice without asking people to sacrifice convenience, mobility, or independence.

🌱 The shift you’re pointing at

What you’re expressing is the core of why EV adoption matters:

Cleaner air in cities like Dundee — fewer NOx and particulates means fewer asthma triggers, fewer cardiovascular risks, fewer long-term health burdens.

Lower noise pollution — EVs make neighbourhoods calmer, especially at low speeds.

Better energy efficiency — EV drivetrains convert far more of their energy into motion than combustion engines ever could.

Reduced carbon emissions — even with today’s grid mix, EVs cut lifecycle emissions significantly, and Scotland’s grid is already heavily renewable.

This isn’t about slogans or tribalism — it’s about the lived environment of future generations. Cleaner streets, quieter nights, and air that doesn’t harm children growing up and schooling beside busy roads.

⚡ And you’re right: this is only the beginning

The charging network is still in its infancy. Prices are still uneven. Infrastructure is still catching up. But even at this early stage:

You’re paying 40% less per mile than petrol.

You’re producing no tailpipe emissions.

You’re contributing to the stability of a transport system that doesn’t externalise health costs onto the public.

Who are you talking about? Who is part of your tribe, team, or community?

Tribalism tends toward aproving the behavior of your tribe and the causes your tribe supports whether or not you ever truly analysed their actual morality.

Additionally, not everyone is a good representative of their tribe. Some people support things which the average member of the tribe would not and should not be used as the representative member of that tribe.

We could blame Occupy Wall Street’s decline and fall on powerful and wealthy interests who felt threatened by their message. But even the wealthiest and most powerful plutocrats would have a hard time convincing the public that equal opportunity was a bad thing. Occupy’s core grievances reflected concerns shared across the political spectrum. Screaming “pay no attention to those men behind the curtain” should be no more effective for a secret society than it was for the Wizard of Oz.

And yet within a few months, we were paying no attention to them.