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Delingpole: Tesla Car Batteries Not Remotely Green, Study Finds
Breitbart.com ^ | 21 Jun 2017 | James Delingpole

Posted on 06/21/2017 5:50:03 PM PDT by Rockitz

The car batteries used in a Tesla generate as much CO2 as driving a gasoline-powered car for eight years. And that’s before they even come off the production line.

This news, from a study by the Swedish Environmental Research Institute, will no doubt delight all those U.S. taxpayers who have been forking out billions of dollars to prop up Tesla’s share price having been assured by their government that subsidizing overpriced electric cars represents a vital step towards “combatting climate change.”

The report, commissioned by the Swedish Transport Administration and the Swedish Energy Agency, cannot easily be dismissed because it is a meta-analysis (ie a summary) of all the available studies on the subject.

The report shows that the battery manufacturing leads to high emissions. For every kilowatt hour of storage capacity in the battery generated emissions of 150 to 200 kilos of carbon dioxide already in the factory. The researchers did not study individual bilmärkens batteries, how these produced or the electricity mix they use. But if we understand the great importance of play battery take an example: Two common electric cars on the market, the Nissan Leaf and the Tesla Model S, the batteries about 30 kWh and 100 kWh.

Even when buying the car has thus emissions occurred, corresponding to approximately 5.3 tons and 17.5 tons, the batteries of these sizes. The numbers can be difficult to relate to. As a comparison, a trip for one person round trip from Stockholm to New York by air causes the release of more than 600 kilograms of carbon dioxide, according to the UN organization ICAO calculation.

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Truly the enduring mystery of why Tesla is now more highly valued than such non-Potemkin U.S. car manufacturers as Ford and General Motors grows more mysterious by the hour.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: California
KEYWORDS: co2plantfood; elonmusk; fakescience; globalwarming; notsogreen; tesla
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Oooops! That's gonna leave a mark...
1 posted on 06/21/2017 5:50:03 PM PDT by Rockitz
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To: Rockitz
HA!
2 posted on 06/21/2017 5:51:53 PM PDT by lightman (Trump = A glorious amalgamation of Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan!)
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To: Rockitz; lightman

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3 posted on 06/21/2017 5:56:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Rockitz

Prius drivers are now “Global Warming Deniers”!


4 posted on 06/21/2017 5:57:46 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: Rockitz

It is the best kind of redistribution of wealth by leftists: take wealth from the people and give it to the favored few.

Claim that it is for their own good...


5 posted on 06/21/2017 5:58:37 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Rockitz

Whoever is pushing wind turbines and solar panels as a viable alternative to “fight climate change” also deserves a mark for similar reasons. If it were all that and a bag of chips, subsidies and hiding the whole truth would be unnecessary.


6 posted on 06/21/2017 6:00:13 PM PDT by Sioux-san
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To: Rockitz

DUH


7 posted on 06/21/2017 6:02:39 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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..and recall that this is before they leave the factory. How much ADDITIONAL CO2 is generated from super-green natural gas generating plants charging these batteries up? Plenty!!!


8 posted on 06/21/2017 6:08:08 PM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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There goes the “Gaia Drives a Tesla” ad campaign.


9 posted on 06/21/2017 6:10:08 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Sioux-san

Yup. The whole green industry is a hoax.


10 posted on 06/21/2017 6:10:13 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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To: Mark

“Prius drivers are now “Global Warming Deniers”!”

Demiers? Why, they are murdering the planet!


11 posted on 06/21/2017 6:14:27 PM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: Rockitz

So now I have to have one and soop it up so it burns even more kilojoules than the production models. Time to “Roll Some Coal” in my new Tesla !!


12 posted on 06/21/2017 6:17:36 PM PDT by Delta 21
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Earth murderers!
13 posted on 06/21/2017 6:26:04 PM PDT by TigersEye (Investigate the Awan brothers and Wasserman Schultz)
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To: Rockitz

They’re not Tesla batteries either. They’re Panasonic.


14 posted on 06/21/2017 6:34:56 PM PDT by Vic S
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To: Rockitz

“They meant well.”


15 posted on 06/21/2017 6:40:42 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Mr. Comey, did you engage in or know of ANY OTHER leaks?)
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To: TChad

Wouldn’t a true Tesla car run on wireless transmission of energy?


16 posted on 06/21/2017 6:45:27 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Mr. Comey, did you engage in or know of ANY OTHER leaks?)
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To: Rockitz

Wouldn’t this apply to other electric cars, including hybrids?


17 posted on 06/21/2017 6:47:27 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Maybe but definitely not on DC


18 posted on 06/21/2017 6:47:31 PM PDT by infool7 (The ugly Truth is just a big lie.)
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To: Rockitz

Do libtards even know the majority of electricity is generated from fossil fuels?


19 posted on 06/21/2017 6:48:01 PM PDT by Stopthethreat
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To: Ken H

You betcha! Plus see my post#8.


20 posted on 06/21/2017 6:48:55 PM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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