• vivadanang@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    yeah, OP’s shit-take is moronic. EV’s propulsion can be entirely carbon offset, not something you can do with a car that has an engine spewing co2.

    NOW, if you want to talk about tires/plastic particles, that’s a whole other story where EV’s do not have an edge - yet.

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      1 year ago

      Battery powered EVs also have a greater environmental impact to manufacture than equivalent ICE vehicles, but the greater efficiency in energy conversion and the lack of emissions offsets this in less than five years of use on average. Ideally, it will continue to improve as battery technology advances as well.

      • glasgitarrewelt@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        Idealy we don’t need as many cars in the future. The thought of all those batteries and tires on a garbage dump in Africa and plastic parts floating in the Atlantic make me sick.