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Replacing a gas powered car with an EV in an area served by coal power is definitely not helping either air pollution or climate change. It's only moving emissi
by giantrobot 5y ago
Replacing a gas powered car with an EV in an area served by coal power is definitely not helping either air pollution or climate change. It's only moving emissions from the tail pipe to a smoke stack. An EV is only a net negative CO2 producer if you charge it from renewable sources. Even then it'll only be a net negative only after the break-even point for the CO2 produced by the construction of the EV and charging system.
- CryptoPunk 5y agoIt's widely understood that switching to EV is part of a larger package of policies that can get society to zero carbon but it is nonetheless an absolutely necessary part of any zero carbon future. Tesla's role in pushing that forward is highly commendable, by any reasonable standard.
- epgui 5y agoThis is like saying that taking the first step is useless because there are more steps to take before you get to destination.
- majkinetor 5y ago> It's only moving emissions from the tail pipe to a smoke stack. I kinda like A LOT not having tail pipe smoke around me all the time on the streets...