Tesla car battery production releases as much CO2 as 8 years of gasoline driving

Twin_Moose

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Hoid

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When they get down to bullshit like this you know the argument is over.

Electric: cleaner,safer,faster,smarter
 

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When they get down to bullshit like this you know the argument is over.

Electric: cleaner,safer,faster,smarter

When "they" get down to saying the argument is over, you know it's bullshit.

Electricity production (US): coal (33%), natural gas (33%), nuclear (20%), and hydroelectric power (6%). Wind provided 4.7%, and Solar 0.6%
 

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And by 2040 electric will still be less than 50% of vehicles.

And then there is the Alberta tar sands.


Where are the iron, copper, aluminium and REE mines that are required to build a whirlygig?

Oh and where will the gear box oil come from?


IRON




COPPER



ALUMINIUM



REES



LITHIUM

 
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Hoid

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I wonder how much co2 is released by manufacturing batteries for gas engine cars?
 

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I guess you would need to compare tesla battery production to Ford gas tank and engine production co2 release.

You know, if you were trying to make a logical sort of comparison
 

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...and how much CO2 is released producing one of GMs famous pig iron V-8 engine blocks?