silence7@slrpnk.net to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 天前'At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an electric vehicle?'www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-link'At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an electric vehicle?'www.npr.orgsilence7@slrpnk.net to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 天前message-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down9·3 天前The point is that in many places, it makes financial sense sense to scrap a still-running gas car.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 天前Then you are still adding to the problem.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down7·3 天前Far far less than if you keep on driving a gas car. It’s better to not drive at all, but we’re not going to get everybody out of cars. Proper scrapping does mean destroying the old car and not merely selling it
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·3 天前Buying a new car, any new car, EV or not is much worse than continuing to drive a current car. Most of the emissions come from the manufacture of the vehicle.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·3 天前 Most of the emissions come from the manufacture of the vehicle. Not true. EVs offset production emissions in 20-30, 000 miles.
minus-squareDyf_Tfh@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·3 天前You can actually scrap a nearly new ice car to change for an EV and still come ahead in lifetime emissions
minus-squareSineljora@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 天前No mention of other emissions besides CO2?
The point is that in many places, it makes financial sense sense to scrap a still-running gas car.
Then you are still adding to the problem.
Far far less than if you keep on driving a gas car. It’s better to not drive at all, but we’re not going to get everybody out of cars.
Proper scrapping does mean destroying the old car and not merely selling it
Buying a new car, any new car, EV or not is much worse than continuing to drive a current car. Most of the emissions come from the manufacture of the vehicle.
Not true. EVs offset production emissions in 20-30, 000 miles.
You can actually scrap a nearly new ice car to change for an EV and still come ahead in lifetime emissions
No mention of other emissions besides CO2?