She attacks Sereny's linear argument that evil acts by children are triggered only by the abuses of their caretakers, believing the perpetrator must be held responsible. Unfortunately, Kephart has fallen into the same trap as Sereny. By using Sereny's model of childhood development to debunk her arguments, Kephart can only show us the contradictions of how we process our history. What she acts upon is certainly influenced by her environment. Gee whiz, folks, I foolishly believed for years that I was living in the 20th century.
Cars are inherently environmentally unfriendly.
More roads get built, and businesses and residences follow. Farmland disappears to accommodate this onslaught. All this made possible thanks to cars, electric or otherwise. What's worse, owning an electric car causes one to feel environmentally superior, that the owner is doing something important for the environment by owning one. When one takes into consideration the dozens of pounds of highly toxic lead, cadmium, nickel or lithium compounds in each car's battery, it is clear that electric vehicles are far from a panacea.