“Gigafactory have big carbon footprint.”
True, but if TSLA can see their way clear to join the exclusive club of crony capitlists, the EPA will turn a blind eye.
70K? LOL I am buying something else.
Albuquerque is one of the finalists in their location hunt. I read up on this when I first heard the rumor and the story I read was that the factory is supposed to be very green.
From article: CEO Elon Musk told reporters, “This is going to be a very green factory. There is going to be a lot of solar power. It’s going to have essentially zero emissions and there are no toxic elements that are going to come out of this factory and we will build in recycling capability right into the factory. It is going to be a really giant facility, like say we are doing something that’s comparable to all lithium-ion production in the world in one factory.”
Read more at http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/23/will-telsa-build-gigafactory/#yvU0dUmMl5PAjrrM.99