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> And electric cars are actually responsible for even more emissions - not from burning fuel, obviously, but just manufacturing it releases more carbon dioxide
by Diederich 6y ago
> And electric cars are actually responsible for even more emissions - not from burning fuel, obviously, but just manufacturing it releases more carbon dioxide than an average gas-powered car will in its 25 years lifecycle.
I don't believe this is true. This video crunches the numbers pretty thoroughly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RhtiPefVzM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RhtiPefVzM
"The main takeaway from this video: Electric cars certainly aren't any worse for the environment than gasoline cars regardless of where your energy comes from, and in the vast majority of cases, they are vastly superior to gasoline cars."
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoBut its not about the energy - its about the cost of materials, which is a rough estimate of its impact on the environment. And that big old exotic-metal battery has got to have an impact?
- _ph_ 6y agoWhich "exotic-metals" go into a battery? Lithium isn't. Cobolt isn't really either, and it is equally used for gasoline cars. Nor are really manganese or nickel. And all of them can be recycled. And how much material is needed for the oil drilling and transportation, which will no longer be needed going forward?
- Diederich 6y agoThere's a lot of analysis online about these topics, and more importantly, the total cost/impact/negative externalities associated with battery storage is going down approximately exponentially. The same can not be said for fossil fuel energy systems.