Another reason not to read the Guardian.
1. Manufacture of any vehicle will produce CO2, that is not an argument against EVs. Stop buying stuff period, if you want to reduce your CO2 per sh*t you own quota.
2. Power grid can improve re-emissions over time, car you buy can't unless it's EV.
3. Even if grid is powered by 100% coal most of the population actually don't live near power stations and breathe the air. If you drive something that emits, you breathe that sh*t in every time you drive. Better to have it in a single location - a power station - where it can be better controlled, or better yet, trapped. Rather than have it emitted by millions of exhausts everywhere you look where it can't be controlled.
If The Guardian actually wanted fair comparisons they would compare total emissions, over the life of a car, ICE vs EV. Manufacture, delivery, driving for 10 years and scrappage. I would bet that the total would be less for an EV even if the power grid is 100% coal. The analysis is normally called "dust-to-dust".
Here is some info on the UK motor industry that will shoot that article full of holes: https://www.smmt.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/SMMT-Sustainability-Report-2019.pdf
"Over the past 20 years, the industry has achieved a 53.6% reduction in relative CO2. Thanks to the ongoing decarbonisation of the National Grid, official electricity conversion factors are revised annually to reflect the increasing share of renewable sources. In 2018, green energy made up 46.5% of all electricity used."
Give it a read.
1. Manufacture of any vehicle will produce CO2, that is not an argument against EVs. Stop buying stuff period, if you want to reduce your CO2 per sh*t you own quota.
2. Power grid can improve re-emissions over time, car you buy can't unless it's EV.
3. Even if grid is powered by 100% coal most of the population actually don't live near power stations and breathe the air. If you drive something that emits, you breathe that sh*t in every time you drive. Better to have it in a single location - a power station - where it can be better controlled, or better yet, trapped. Rather than have it emitted by millions of exhausts everywhere you look where it can't be controlled.
If The Guardian actually wanted fair comparisons they would compare total emissions, over the life of a car, ICE vs EV. Manufacture, delivery, driving for 10 years and scrappage. I would bet that the total would be less for an EV even if the power grid is 100% coal. The analysis is normally called "dust-to-dust".
Here is some info on the UK motor industry that will shoot that article full of holes: https://www.smmt.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/SMMT-Sustainability-Report-2019.pdf
"Over the past 20 years, the industry has achieved a 53.6% reduction in relative CO2. Thanks to the ongoing decarbonisation of the National Grid, official electricity conversion factors are revised annually to reflect the increasing share of renewable sources. In 2018, green energy made up 46.5% of all electricity used."
Give it a read.