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[Dormant] Electric Vehicles
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I'm undecided on getting an EV or not getting one, and this makes me glad I kept my old diesel: for one, nobody questions my ability to fuel up at any gas station. But also, all gas stations are designed to accommodate cars that have a tank filler on either side of the vehicle without forcing the driver to take up two spots.
The more I look at the EV world, the more I'm convinced I should wait until all the quirks are ironed out - by which point I'll probably be old enough to stop driving altogether.
from what I undertstand the climate impact is less if you drive your petrol/deisel car into the ground than if you ditch a functioning car to buy a newly manufacruted EV.
Where you getting that from? Engineering explained I think calculated getting an EV is better CO2 wise after about 2 years with US average power generation. It'll take longer than that to break even though if you have a dirty grid, or you get an EV with an enormous battery.
https://youtu.be/6RhtiPefVzM
I'm not sure where my wife read it (she's a phd in experimental physics with ecology training, and is thus no slouch + a realist) so I'd be surprised if it wasn't from actual research articles in journals, and not a youtube video, but I'll ask her