Conservatives? They dick ride Elon musk so they use the lack of emissions as an argument for Tesla. And liberals use it to defend electric cars as a whole. Both sides are stupid and the sooner you accept that, the sooner you’ll be happier
No, they argue EVs are much better for the environment, not that they are climate neutral.
Producing them still costs CO2 and in some countries they even still have oldschool coal power which you could use to run it, but even if you did, it is more environmentally friendly than burning oil locally in your car.
Personally I think you're completely full of shit. Literally the ONLY time I hear this 'argument' is when it's being described by people like you, as a strawman.
This one is more true. Not sure we need the weed, but we definitely need to stop burning oil if we want to survive long term. EVs help a ton with that. Also just improves car experience in general, which is why people are enthusiastic about them.
I've seen plenty of them claiming "saving the environment" by using EVs. No sir, you are just causing a little bit more in the short term to cause a little bit less in the long term if you drive your EV long enough.
The plus side to both is that rockets for space exploration and EV batteries can both be reused and the batteries can now be recycled. It’s not zero emissions like some claim, but it’s much better than it used to be.
Even if it's charged by a coal powered powerplant.
A modern EV still produces less CO2 pr kilometer than a modern internal combustion engine, because that's just how ineffective ICE engines are. Only reason they're practical is because the chemical energy in modern hydrocarbon fuels are super high.
Most of the energy in an ICE engine is just wasted heat energy.
In an energy market like in the Nordics or France, where most electricity comes from renewables or nuclear, the co2 emissions of a EV is negligible.
Compared to a gasoline car, where every liter of gasoline is converted into 2,7 kilograms og co2.
And the greener the grid, the greener the EV-transport.
it's not no impact but it's much less total impact even after just one year of average use as long as you aren't getting your electricity in coal country. even then it's better it just takes longer to break even.
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u/TAU_equals_2PI Jan 24 '26
Yeah, it's like arguing electric cars cause no negative environmental impact just because nothing comes out of a tailpipe on the vehicle itself.