absolutely correct,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,The Emissions argument for EVs and saving the planet is one of the weakest arguments there is.
This data is straight from the EPA not newsmax or Fox. The 14% Transportation includes Over the road trucks, boats, planes and trains not just cars. Considering most new cars with ICE engines even pickups and SUVs are LEVs and ULEVs how much of an impact is switching over to EVs going to make on air pollution? Especially when you factor in where EVs get their charge from (Coal & NG makes up most of the US power generation). The decrease in greenhouses gases will be negligible.
If you add up every Big Block non catted muscle car with a carb the impact on the atmosphere is lower than lawn mowers because the number of cars and mileage driven are so low.
And the overall ecological impact of moving from ICE to EVs for daily transportation could end up being more detrimental to the environment because the cars lack of maintainability beyond a certain number of years means they will be sent to the crusher years before an ICE car would have. I have yet to find any scholarly journals or scientific data on that yet, but I'm sure it's out there if you look hard enough.
The high cost of battery repair replacement is real:
Have Electric Cars finally killed muscle cars???
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The Emissions argument for EVs and saving the planet is one of the weakest arguments there is.
This data is straight from the EPA not newsmax or Fox. The 14% Transportation includes Over the road trucks, boats, planes and trains not just cars. Considering most new cars with ICE engines even pickups and SUVs are LEVs and ULEVs how much of an impact is switching over to EVs going to make on air pollution? Especially when you factor in where EVs get their charge from (Coal & NG makes up most of the US power generation). The decrease in greenhouses gases will be negligible.
If you add up every Big Block non catted muscle car with a carb the impact on the atmosphere is lower than lawn mowers because the number of cars and mileage driven are so low.
And the overall ecological impact of moving from ICE to EVs for daily transportation could end up being more detrimental to the environment because the cars lack of maintainability beyond a certain number of years means they will be sent to the crusher years before an ICE car would have. I have yet to find any scholarly journals or scientific data on that yet, but I'm sure it's out there if you look hard enough.
The high cost of battery repair replacement is real:
I'd seen the transportation number in the 30% range myself on another gov't site, I may have to dig that up. Either way, the only way to cut pollution is to stop making stuff, not make different stuff. Recycling is a scam too. All the "green" things us first world countries do does absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things. But it sounds good when you say it.
That is a feature, make living out in the country and suburbs more difficult to influence people to move into cities. Country living is seen as being very anti green by treehuggers because as you said people drive longer distances which uses more fuel. Futhermore, country folk are also more likely to have several ICE powered vehicles, more than one car or truck, lawnmowers, tractors, ATVs, outdoor power equipment, etc. While many city people don't own any powered vehicles and even fewer would have outdoor power equipment. The greenies want everyone to live in cities like Mega City 1 in Judge Dredd. The end goal is to kill private car ownership and make everyone use rideshare services.Its easi3r to use EVs for ridesharing which is why the EV push is just a step. D and R don't matter anymore as both parties were bought up decades ago.
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If someone could whip up a gif of Klaus Schwab eating popcorn for me real quick, I'd be eternally grateful.
Hey, knucklehead! Swap in an LS! Cheaper than $22K. Problem solved. 🙂
