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Are Electric Cars Actually Better For The Environment?
Manage episode 219217148 series 2079001
Paul Martin returns to debunk this myth: Do electric cars provide enough environmental benefit over its lifetime to offset the amount of CO2 that is needed to produce it?
In This Episode
- The Union Of Concerned Scientist
- The grain of truth to the myth
- The energy cost and CO2 emissions of batteries
- What’s typically missing from the petrol side of the conversation
“Where are lithium ion batteries being made in the world right now?”
“You still get the benefit that the car doesn’t have a tailpipe”
“Cars use way more energy while you’re driving them than it takes to make them or recycle them”
“Efficiency always matters”
79 Episoden
Manage episode 219217148 series 2079001
Paul Martin returns to debunk this myth: Do electric cars provide enough environmental benefit over its lifetime to offset the amount of CO2 that is needed to produce it?
In This Episode
- The Union Of Concerned Scientist
- The grain of truth to the myth
- The energy cost and CO2 emissions of batteries
- What’s typically missing from the petrol side of the conversation
“Where are lithium ion batteries being made in the world right now?”
“You still get the benefit that the car doesn’t have a tailpipe”
“Cars use way more energy while you’re driving them than it takes to make them or recycle them”
“Efficiency always matters”
79 Episoden
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