Posted on Sep 25, 2020
California’s Planned Ban on Gas-Powered Auto Sales Is Great for Elon Musk, but It Won’t Help the...
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Proposals to eliminate gas-powered automobiles are likely to win politicians media coverage and cheers at town hall meetings (at least in some places). But the actual environmental impact of such policies remains unclear.
While conventional wisdom says electric vehicles are more environmentally friendly and an effective tool to fight climate change, research suggests electric vehicles may have environmental costs that actually exceed those of internal combustion engines when the full cycle of production is included.
Proposals to eliminate gas-powered automobiles are likely to win politicians media coverage and cheers at town hall meetings (at least in some places). But the actual environmental impact of such policies remains unclear.
While conventional wisdom says electric vehicles are more environmentally friendly and an effective tool to fight climate change, research suggests electric vehicles may have environmental costs that actually exceed those of internal combustion engines when the full cycle of production is included.
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SSG (Join to see) Capt Jeff S. 1SG Dennis Hicks CPL Douglas Chrysler PO1 John Johnson SSgt Marian Mitchell Cpl Craig Meaux SSG Franklin Briant SrA Ronald Moore SGM Bill Frazer CMSgt Virgil Horsley LCpl Brad Gross A1C Riley Sanders SSG Samuel Kermon Sgt Albert Castro PO1 Robert Payne MSG Felipe De Leon Brown SMSgt David A Asbury SFC (Join to see) PO2 (Join to see)
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It's a pipedream that is another waste of money and a bailout in the makings.
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SMSgt David A Asbury
Have they told the public to start installing a charger when a new home is built? Every business must start thinking of chargers for that "Green battery that awaits invented"
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