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R0ckMachin3 t1_jaor8kl wrote

Reply to comment by disembodied_voice 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

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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