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> If we compare average emission per mileage per car over the whole lifetime EVs are just as bad as any other car. You had me up to this point. EVs are certain
by ogre_codes 6y ago
> If we compare average emission per mileage per car over the whole lifetime EVs are just as bad as any other car.
You had me up to this point. EVs are certainly responsible for some emissions.
But ICE cars share all the "Emissions" you mention (Tire rubber dust/oil/windshield wiper fluid etc.), plus the massive emissions of just burning gasoline increasingly inefficiently over the lifespan of the vehicle. Plus wasteful oil leaks and just oil burning over the life of the vehicle; the environmental cost of shipping oil and gasoline all over the planet; the environmental damage from massive oil spills and small gasoline spills from everyday fill-ups; transmission fluids, the list goes on and on.
EVs aren't perfect in terms of the environment, they aren't even great, but they are a metric ton better than ICE vehicles.