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The original study in German is here: http://www.cesifo-group.de/DocDL/sd-2019-08-sinn-karl-buchal-motoren-2019-04-25.pdf http://www.cesifo-group.de/DocDL/sd-20

by malshe 8y ago

The original study in German is here: http://www.cesifo-group.de/DocDL/sd-2019-08-sinn-karl-buchal-motoren-2019-04-25.pdf http://www.cesifo-group.de/DocDL/sd-2019-08-sinn-karl-buchal... Can anyone with German proficiency please clarify whether they took into account the carbon footprint of producing and transporting petrol, diesel, etc.?

Arnt 8y ago
They quote someone who else who did, and add a factor of 21% on top of the vehicle's own fuel use to account for production and transport of the fuel. They didn't add anything to account for the engine, though. They compute the carbon footprint of producing an electric engine and silently assume that the carbon footprint of producing a petrol/diesel engine is zero.