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disembodied_voice t1_janodvx wrote

Reply to comment by DKOS0 in Electric world that kicks out fossil fuels will cost less than combustion economy. 30TW of wind and solar PV will take 0.2% of earth's surface. by DisasterousGiraffe

> One thing that always gets me is carbon emissions in manufacturing. I’m not by any means against electric, but I feel like too many people look at the end product of an electric future but don’t look at the damage that can be done manufacturing it

Even if you look at manufacturing emissions, EVs still have a lower overal carbon footprint than gas cars.

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DKOS0 t1_janotq5 wrote

That’s good, like I said I have no clue about any metrics, but I do still feel like we could cut carbon emissions from manufacturing are not as looked upon as end product metrics

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R0ckMachin3 t1_jaor8kl wrote

If you don’t include the manufacturing of the batteries. If you include both the vehicle itself and the batteries, ICE vehicles take less emissions to produce.

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disembodied_voice t1_jaoupxt wrote

I said "overall" carbon footprint. The operational carbon footprint reduction of EVs over gas cars vastly outweighs any increase in manufacturing emissions, leading EVs to have a lower net carbon footprint. It's the total carbon footprint that matters, not the footprint at any one stage.

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