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"there's just no "need" in my life for a new vehicle" You mean no need in your life besides our shared need to reduce atmospheric carbon, oil extraction, and o
by Jill_the_Pill 9y ago
"there's just no "need" in my life for a new vehicle"
You mean no need in your life besides our shared need to reduce atmospheric carbon, oil extraction, and other automobile pollutants, to keep climate change to a level merely devastating rather than catastrophic, and to preserve a habitable planet for the generations to come?
- chc 9y agoI'm pretty sure your old car would have to be especially awful to make buying a new car — electric or not — the environmentally friendly option.
- xbmcuser 9y agoJunking an older car with a newer electric car won't decrease your carbon footprint but increase it. But if you are in the market to buy a car going electric or hybrid should be the way to go. Obama fuel efficiency rules were good but didn't go far enough by now car manufacturer should not be allowed to sell non hybrid fuel cars at all.
- rconti 9y agoI travel about 400 miles per month by car in a vehicle that gets 25mpg. That's 16 gallons/month or 281.6lb of CO2 per month. What's the break-even on how many lbs of CO2 I'd have to pump into the atmosphere before it was more environmentally friendly to produce an entire new automobile with 800lbs of batteries?