Benjamin Ross on Nostr: Don't wring your hands. Slowing adoption of electric cars won't increase CO2 ...
Don't wring your hands. Slowing adoption of electric cars won't increase CO2 emissions. Lower VMT is the only way to cut transport emissions now.
As long as marginal supply of electricity is fossil-fueled, electric cars are still fossil-fueled. And we're years & years away from having spare non-fossil electric generation capacity. Yes, you need to build the industrial base for electric cars, but it's a long-term investment that starts to pay off 10+ years from now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/climate/biden-epa-auto-emissions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WE0.KHxR.HmFlMWSBUVKZ&smid=url-share
As long as marginal supply of electricity is fossil-fueled, electric cars are still fossil-fueled. And we're years & years away from having spare non-fossil electric generation capacity. Yes, you need to build the industrial base for electric cars, but it's a long-term investment that starts to pay off 10+ years from now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/climate/biden-epa-auto-emissions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WE0.KHxR.HmFlMWSBUVKZ&smid=url-share