Driving electric cars produces little carbon. Making the batteries produces a lot.
An inconvenient fact about electric cars: Your "zero-emission vehicle" adds lots of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
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Driving Electric Cars Produces Little Carbon. Making the Batteries Produces a Lot.
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finman100
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Is this information FUD also
nwdiver
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Yes, because it's missing context. You need ~4,000 gallons of water to get the lithium (that can be recycled) for an EV but >30,000 gallons to produce the fools fuel (that can't be recycled) an ICE would need to travel the same distance that battery would over its life. CONTEXT.
How Much Water Does Hydraulic Fracturing Use?
If EVs bother you your choices are walking or riding a bicycle...
Tesla reports that once you drive your Tesla 5,000 miles, you’ve offset the carbon footprint of making the vehicle. That seems pretty reasonable.
Every mile driven in an ICE vehicle increments your greenhouse contribution, on top of the manufacturing output.
Every mile driven in an ICE vehicle increments your greenhouse contribution, on top of the manufacturing output.
ucmndd
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Lol, no they don’t. The break-even point is much much higher, like you missed a zero.
The article OP posted is FUD-spreading garbage, but it’s not entirely wrong. Producing EVs emits massive amounts of carbon. Almost always net positive vs. an ICE over the life of the vehicle, even with dirty electricity sources - but it’s not a panacea.
finman100
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some scenarios are `13,000 miles or 8,400 miles. lots o variables:
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EV miles to be cleaner than gas cars
Analysis: When do electric vehicles become cleaner than gasoline cars?
You glide silently out of the Tesla (TSLA.O) showroom in your sleek new electric Model 3, satisfied you're looking great and doing your bit for the planet.
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Numbers I've read from several sources are 5-10k miles for parity with typical US grid mix, about 50k miles for 100% coal grid.
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