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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The initial carbon footprint of an EV is much larger, but the overall pollution over the lifetime is better.
According to various studies, it takes roughly between 40 and 120 thousand kilometres for an EV to break even with an equivalent ICE car in terms of total pollution. Even the worst value is well under the life expectancy of the car.
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