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"When all these factors are considered, each Tesla emits 156 to 180 grams of CO2 per kilometre, which is more than a comparable diesel vehicle produced by the G
by jnurmine 7y ago
"When all these factors are considered, each Tesla emits 156 to 180 grams of CO2 per kilometre, which is more than a comparable diesel vehicle produced by the German company Mercedes, for example."
Well, since they are considering all factors, the next step would be to consider the costs of diesel, too, starting with oil drilling, transport, etc. culminating in the subsequent burning of diesel in the engine.
- m463 7y agothere's always bunker fuel (a few transport vessels pollute more than all the cars in the world)
- Arnt 7y agoPlease stop to think when you read such things on Twitter or wherever. Here's what you should think: If a few map to all the cars in the world, then one really big vessel maps to the cars in Europe, perhaps? That fuel was chosen because it's cheap and a tankful can propel a giant loaded ship from Shanghai to Rotterdam, and that tank is small enough to leave most of the ship's space for payload. Is it plausible that something that fits in one tank can pollute as much as all the cars in Europe? Or is there something fishy about the computation or comparison?
- m463 7y agoI believe when I read this, the pollutant was sulfer. So it's not CO2.
- detaro 7y agoIn one specific type of pollution.
- Gibbon1 7y agoYeah I think half a percent or some such of the energy in bunker fuel is from sulfur. One thing that is often missed is large ships are very fuel efficient compared to trucks.