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Why is the embodied carbon in the manufacture of the car the same in all the energy mix scenarios? Surely quite a lot of electricity is used in manufacturing el
by Mvandenbergh 7y ago
Why is the embodied carbon in the manufacture of the car the same in all the energy mix scenarios? Surely quite a lot of electricity is used in manufacturing electric vehicles.
Also, solutions that rely on substantially reconfiguring living patterns - moving from driving-required suburbs to walkable communities also have large embodied carbon costs. It's all well and good to say that suburbs are energy inefficient but the US has a lot of them already built.
- zzzcpan 7y ago> solutions that rely on substantially reconfiguring living patterns Surely switching to bikes or electric bikes is not that substantial and immediately eliminates a lot of car related problems.
- Mvandenbergh 7y agoSure but there are many houses that are surrounded by just more houses for many, many kilometres with the nearest concentration of offices and other places of work, stores, and transport hubs (if there even are any) very substantial distances away. It's challenging to increase cycling when that is the case.