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This is the side of electric automobiles that many people fail to consider, the lifetime emissions of electric cars that include the manufacturing, driving and disposal of the vehicle.
Once all the above factors are figured in the electric automobile is worse than a gasoline powered car when it comes to lifetime CO2 pollution.
So the break even point is 129KM or about 80,000 miles. EVs should have no problem doing that since there are many 10 year old plus Priuses with their original batteries. The article did not state where the electricity was coming from either and what would happen if Nuclear or renewables were used.
And what about the other benefits such as reduced CO, SO, and particulate emissions? And the lack of motor oil in parking lots running into our streams and rivers? And please give me proof of this:
"Many electric cars are expected to need a replacement battery after a few years."
I have not heard of Teslas needing new batteries so what are they referring to?
So the break even point is 129KM or about 80,000 miles. EVs should have no problem doing that since there are many 10 year old plus Priuses with their original batteries. The article did not state where the electricity was coming from either and what would happen if Nuclear or renewables were used.
And what about the other benefits such as reduced CO, SO, and particulate emissions? And the lack of motor oil in parking lots running into our streams and rivers? And please give me proof of this:
"Many electric cars are expected to need a replacement battery after a few years."
I have not heard of Teslas needing new batteries so what are they referring to?
This sounds suspiciously like that debunked "study" that showed how much more environmentally friendly the Hummer was than the Prius.
That unsurprisingly turned out to be total bunk, due to their assumption a Prius would simply be scrapped after 100K miles, while a Hummer would get 250K.
And while it is true coal has emissions issues, at least America can regulate our own coal factories - the problem with gas is it comes from crazy-unstable parts of the world like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, etc.
Sort of the OP's M.O. on posting anything related to electric vehicles.
Sorry I post items that don't agree with the green halo that surrounds electric cars, I figured since others do nothing but praise electric cars I'd post some facts that show the downside to them.
I don't subscribe to the green bobbing heads lobby where anything that is branded "environmentally friendly" is OK.
I am certain you have gone over all the data collected in this study to determine it's a total waste
Obviously you know more than the professionals who conducted this study
Are all studies to be believed 100%? no. But to dismiss one as totally false without reviewing the data is ludicrous.
2.77 miles per kWh for an EV (based on 36kWh per 100mi) Refining a single gallon of gas could move an EV 11 miles (assuming 4 kWh and 19 miles assuming 7kWh).
This does not take into account how much energy was used to:
-Search for the Oil
-Drill for the Oil
-Transport the Oil
-Transport the Gasoline
-The engergy contained in the fuel itself.
I tried exactly that with the Hummer/Prius one, and guess what? The company refused to publish it. Want a link for more info?
As far as the nonsense about how EVs use all this coal, you might want to get up to speed on the reality of the refinery industry:
[URL="http://gatewayev.org/how-much-electricity-is-used-refine-a-gallon-of-gasoline"]How much electricity is used refine a gallon of Gasoline?-video added! « Gateway Electric Vehicle Club[/URL]
About 4 - 7.5 kWh per gallon of Gas.
2.77 miles per kWh for an EV (based on 36kWh per 100mi) Refining a single gallon of gas could move an EV 11 miles (assuming 4 kWh and 19 miles assuming 7kWh).
This does not take into account how much energy was used to:
-Search for the Oil
-Drill for the Oil
-Transport the Oil
-Transport the Gasoline
-The engergy contained in the fuel itself.
Great post. It's amazing that people who set out to debunk the benefits of reducing our dependence on fossil fuels always neglect to consider these key factors.
Then again, it's this attitude that has likely lead to a dependence on oil all these years in the first place.
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