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Wrong. 2/3of a cars pollution are produced in production. The fuel consumption, polluting as it is, needs 20+years to catch up to the gestation environment dama
by 3seashells 3y ago
Wrong. 2/3of a cars pollution are produced in production. The fuel consumption, polluting as it is, needs 20+years to catch up to the gestation environment damage of a car. Perverse as it sounds, old rusty clunkers are more environmental friendly.
- iudqnolq 3y agoThe numbers are a lot more complex than that. 2/3 is a plausible but not incontrovertible number for cars manufactured now. It's reasonable to assume the ratio is significantly worse for older cars.
- grantcox 3y agoThis sibling comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38439016 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38439016) and google searches do not support your numbers - the CO2 impact of producing a car is roughly equivalent to one year's use, both are give-or-take 5 metric tons.
- tribaal 3y agoThe EPA seems to disagree with your numbers: https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/electric-vehicle-myths https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/electric-vehicle-myths