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0 pointsirthomasthomas3y ago0 comments

Look, according to Volvo, (who make an EV and ICE version of the same car, on the same manufacturing process),

"The emissions from Materials production and refining of the ICE are roughly 40 per cent less than for the BEV" [0]

Therefore, forcing people to scrap working vehicles and buy new ones, in such a short time period, is going to dump massive quantities of CO2 in to the atmosphere in very order. This sounds extremely dangerous. I don't understand their reasoning.

Surely they need to fix the EV electric energy mix to make it more renewable, before forcing people to buy the EVs

[0]https://www.volvocars.com/images/v/-/media/project/contentpl...

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frumper3y ago

Who's being forced to scrap working vehicles?

irthomasthomasOP3y ago

California, for one. But it doesn't matter, EVs need about 60% more carbon up front. Until you have 100% clean electricity supply and greener, longer lasting batteries, they can't recover that deficit.

frumper3y ago

I live in California and have heard of no such proposals. Can you link to one? It does matter, you claimed it. It makes it sound like your arguments are just bogus if you claim your own arguments don't matter.

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frumper3y ago

Who's being forced to scrap working vehicles?

irthomasthomasOP3y ago

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