Will there not be just as much of a carbon footprint from mining materials to make batteries for all the new electric cars?
And all the precious metals that go into making electronics to make that car operate?
Plus the power generation associated with charging everyone’s vehicle.
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A new study came out literally few days ago that considers all of the lifecycle in different parts of the world: [https://theicct.org/publications/global-LCA-passenger-cars-jul2021](https://theicct.org/publications/global-LCA-passenger-cars-jul2021)
It takes in consideration both influence of ecological additives to fuel for standard cars and non-green energy used for charging electrical vehicles, and still EVs win.
In Europe where is a lot of renewable powerplants the total emissions per lifecycle are up to two-thirds lower, in India with much more emissions created in power plants it is still up to 20-30 % better to use EVs. There is a nice visualisation in the study article.
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