>The first is that the environmental impact of building the car doesn't get much coverage and focus is on the impact of running the car. Here is a first order

>The first is that the environmental impact of building the car doesn't get much coverage and focus is on the impact of running the car. Here is a first order analysis: A car that travels 200,000 miles in its life @ 30 mpg (nation avg is 25.5) will burn 6667 gallons of gasoline, weighing 42,000 lbs. The weight of the gas burnt is over 14x more than the weight of the car. Those 6667 gallons produce 133,340 lbs of CO2. The average car burns its own weight in gasoline in 12,000 miles, less than a year of driving. Here is a more complete analysis: http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2015/11/Cleaner-Cars-from-Cradle-to-Grave-full-report.pdf http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2015/11/Cle...