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Over the life of an EV, there are significantly less emissions, even when including vehicle construction emissions. This is just flat out wrong.
Is it the sunrise kids? I would not be surprised if this was sunrise.
Three ton stainless steel monstrosities are a danger to society and not an efficient use of green knowledge.
It doesnt mean a nissan leaf is bad.
They didn’t say that.
That’s the problem when one’s rhetorical toolbox is thrown soup.
I dont know what you said.
It’s a long running brouhaha about the effectiveness of the Just Stop Oil tactics
That is not quite true. Electric cars over their lifetime are definitely a lot lot better than ICE cars. HOWEVER, they are definitely not the solution for transportation. Public transit is.
Getting new electric vehicles makes sense for vehicles that simply cannot be replaced by other alternatives (examples of such vehicles being pickups for businesses, those little vans for the post office, buses, etc.).
Of course, the most eco friendly thing is generally what u already have. Switching to an electric car from ur five year old ICE car is more environmentally damaging.