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Even an electric car has big embedded CO2, but CO2 isn't everything. Other environmental impacts - mining and fabrication of the batteries, steel, etc. Then, th
by mjhay 3y ago
Even an electric car has big embedded CO2, but CO2 isn't everything. Other environmental impacts - mining and fabrication of the batteries, steel, etc. Then, there's tire dust - one of the biggest sources of toxins and microplastics . Electric vehicles actually generate more tire dust, because they are much heavier than equivalent gas cars. Then, suburban development is an incredibly inefficient use of land. You're trading habitat, farmland, and aquifer recharging for ticky-tack houses on cul-de-sacs. All of those roads also reduce water quality from stormwater runoff, and cost a lot of CO2 (and dollars) to maintain.
- gottorf 3y ago> You're trading habitat, farmland, and aquifer recharging Habitat, sure, but farmland and aquifer recharging? I'd wager most suburbs in the US are cut out of forests, not existing farmland, and I see no reason why rainfall in the suburbs (low-density, with grass lawns) won't reach the aquifer the same way as whatever undeveloped land was there previously. In fact, dense cities will do worse in this regard, since there's more underground infrastructure and stormwater has to run off more.
- osigurdson 3y agoI think some people just don't like cars. That is completely fine, I don't really care about cars much myself. However, the odd thing is they don't want anyone to have a car. First the problem was emissions - which will eventually be fixable with EVs. But now they are too heavy and create too much "tire dust".
- mjhay 3y ago"People claim thing I like is bad, so they must be making it up."
- osigurdson 3y agoPlease define a hypothetical car that would be OK in your estimation. What properties would be required?