I was told that replacing 28% of the petrol and diesel engine cars right now and replacing them with EV - would overload the National Grid at its max capacity.....
By whom, though? Had they factored in the associated reduction of petrol refining that would go along with reducing petrol/diesel vehicles by 28%?
Usually I find the anti-EV arguments universally ignore the environmental costs of exploration, prospecting, drilling, extraction, transport, and refinement of gasoline. They tend to focus solely on the car, whilst comparing it with the full-life cycle of the EV.
do we have the same full life-cycle costs for EVs?
it strikes me that we need to use mileage pricing/tax to let the market sort this out. pointless scrapping an old car that only does 5k miles pa for a spanking new EV that's consumed water, power and rare minerals in its production.
i also think we need to legislate for cars to be on the road for 20 years, and not being scrapped before becoming 10 years old because some module has failed and it's uneconomic to repair. Manufacturers and consumers will need to adjust, but if we're serious about the planet then we can't be building vehicles that only last 150k miles or 7 years. The tech needs to be sustainable or easily repairable.
Apart from the fact most Morgan mileage is not strictly necessary, our cars are actually quite green!
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