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Even if you buy carbon neutral electricity, increasing the demand for it will end up increasing carbon positive electricity production (in the large scheme of t
by throwawaylinux 3y ago
Even if you buy carbon neutral electricity, increasing the demand for it will end up increasing carbon positive electricity production (in the large scheme of things).
And we'll ignore carbon to manufacture the truck and create and maintain the roads, warehouses, and other transport infrastructure.
- vel0city 3y agoDepending on the vehicle and the source energy the break even on manufacturing may only be a couple of years on most emissions. I think most vehicles are on the road for several years. EVs are a lot more energy efficient to operate. The per-mile CO2 emissions for my EV are definitely less than an equivalent ICE even if it was powered 100% by combined cycle natural gas. But its powered by like 30%+ renewable which have overall lifetime emissions far less than even a CCNG plant. Sure, the EV had higher emissions to be built but it's probably already reached its break-even point. And that's ignoring the benefits to local air quality. Commercial trucks have absolutely terrible levels of local emissions which are massively reduced. Far better to have the emissions happen at a centralized CCNG plant where they have a good opportunity for scrubbing and being in an overall less impactful area.