30gdan

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   by 30gdan 1y ago

   Myth #2 numbers from graphical representation are totally off from the 80% initial C02 difference in the MIT study. IDK where these numebrs come from but I'd tend to trust the MIT more than some propaganda from your beloved president.
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   by 30gdan 1y ago

   First of all don't forget the important 'Over the course of their driving lifetimes' before your quote; it changes everything. So yeah this MIT article says EV is 80% more CO2 expensive to build but makes up over it's li
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   by 30gdan 1y ago

   MIT : https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/are-electric-vehicles-defini... Quote : This intensive battery manufacturing means that building a new EV can produce around 80% more emissions than building a comparable gas-power
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   by 30gdan 1y ago

   I'm saying it's inefficient because of a combination of many things not only shipping. Also add to this the fact that your electricity in the US cames from fossil fuel and you'll see how clean your EV is !
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   by 30gdan 1y ago

   Much better at what ? Do you have decent data for what it takes (CO2, child labour , cost of supply chain, ...) to make your Lithium based battery VS melting an ICE ? Same question for recycling ? Comparing only the lifecycles of products d