Posted on 04/29/2019 7:51:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
Another day, another lefty belief proven to be a bunch of bullhickey. Lefties like to tell us their electric cars are totally saving the planet from the evil, awful carbon monster. Except, those electric cars actually contribute more to carbon output than their diesel counterparts.
A Tesla Model 3 is touted as a zero-emissions car by government regulators, but it actually results in more carbon dioxide than a comparable diesel-powered car, according to a recent study. When the CO2 emissions from battery production is included, electric cars, like Teslas, are “in the best case, slightly higher than those of a diesel engine, and are otherwise much higher,” reads a release from the German think tank IFO.
Driving a Tesla Model 3 in Germany, for example, is responsible for 156 to 181 grams of CO2 per kilometer, compared to just 141 grams per kilometer for a diesel-powered Mercedes C220d — that includes emissions from producing diesel fuel.
I can already picture the reaction from eco-lefties who thought they were saving the planet.
Yeah, this isn’t surprising in the slightest. Pretty much everything on this rock produces carbon in one way or another. Every time you exhale, you’re putting a little more carbon in the atmosphere. Though, you might wanna keep that one from the lefties. Lest their ideas take a more “sinister” turn.
If you wanna see the environmental effects of electric cars, just take a look at a strip mine for the lithium inside batteries. Yes, even “green” cars have environmental trade-offs. The only question now is how long before lefties turn against their beloved Priuses.
This is why we think it’s insanity for lefties to think they can tax and regulate climate change out of existence. They don’t seem to ever question whether their ideas are actually better. This, among other reasons, is why we’ll be sitting out the left’s war on cow farts.
Diesel KnOcK!....................
“Tobacco Executives” popped into my horribly foreshortened brain.
sort like recycling.....turns out, not that good for the environment after all
Study says “Duh.”
Just a few weeks ago we did an 800 mile road trip in our recently acquired diesel.We stated with a full tank and drove about 700 of those miles at a steady 65mph,the other 100 in bad conditions (stop & go,lost,massive rainstorm,etc).When we got home and filled the tank we found that we had gotten 47.02 mpg and the "distance to empty" reading was "15 miles".
Let's see an EV do that.
Ahh
A mini version of the
mamouth coal (or diesel) powered
mobile recharging
stations
I envision
cruzing the highways of
big cities
carting Prius’ & Teslas
back and forth
to and from the
suburbs.
7
LOL!!....................
Perfect.
So a good rule to live by is — when a liberal speaks,
a) assume they are lying and then b) believe the opposite of what they are saying.
You’ll be in good shape.
Pretty much..................
The premise and present structure of “green energy” is built on lies. An “Inconvenient Truth” indeed.
Wind turbines have been disastrous for nature - specifically birds and bees and the resource intensive turbines do not last long enough to pay for themselves. Lithium batteries will have long term ramifications for water quality and mental health and electric cars fail to reduce emissions. Green energy solutions have created hundreds of future super-fund cleanups for landfills. Solar power has also failed to live up to the hype although it is more promising in certain regions based on what I have seen.
Natural gas has saved us recently with the war on coal, but nuclear power remains the long term answer to our energy needs with coal remaining a player for a few decades.
I wish the Trump administration would do more to kick-start that conversation and answer the thorium question once and for all.
An electric car is a fossil fuel car, via complex toxic metals battery storage from strip mines in third world countries.
They also produce more Smug.
Follow the money!
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