Rowan Atkinson talks about the cost of producing the batteries etc. but no real figures. What I would like to know out of curiosity to be able to do a reasonable comparison is how much CO2 goes into building the following cars.
- 2016 Skoda Rapid 1.2TSI Manual
- New Tesla Model 3
- 2019 Morgan +4
- New Frontline MGB with 2.0L engine
It is probably possible I could run a Tesla just on Solar although I would need to fit a much larger Solar system on the roof and producing solar panels would also generate CO2.
Based on 2.3KG of CO2 per litre and my wife's Skoda Rapid using about 4L/100km on some trips and 5L/100km on trips with hills I would say 2.3KG by 5 divided by 100 = 115grams of CO2 per km. As both a Morgan +4 and Frontline MGB 2.0L have a similar Duratec engine I expect both to use say 7L/100km and produce 164grams of CO2 per KM based on the Morgan Brochure I saved back then.
Has anybody seen the actual production figures published. I found this article
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/susta...osal-what-impact-do-our-cars-have-planet suggesting 5.6 for a petrol car with 3/4 of that being the body and 8.8T for an EV. Without any other figures then maybe it is Skoda Rapid 5.6T, The Tesla 8.8, The Morgan only 4T due to being hand made and Frontline say 1.5T due to the body etc. has already been counted 50 years ago. Does any of that sound reasonable?
Is so then the MGB is 8.8T - 1.5T = 7,300KG of CO2 meaning I could use over 3,000 Litres of Petrol before the car catches up to the production of the Tesla, at 7L/100km that is 42,000km.
Anything I am forgetting? Would those production figures include transport of the materials and parts to the factory and the finished cars to the dealer etc? If I had a Tesla and charged it purely from solar panels then that is power I would not be putting into the grid to benefit others so they would use more CO2 from their electricity. But the petrol I use would have a cost in CO2 just in the drilling, refining and distribution as well that needs to be taken into account.
I feel we are not told everything and is that because companies don't want us to know? They prefer us to buy cars based on pretty colours.
Also when countries fly war planes just to try show power over other countries, or in an actual war like Russia should we care about CO2 from our cars? I expect these planes do a lot more damage than a petrol car. We are told to behave and do our bit to protect the environment but the leaders of the world are not setting a good example.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ry-aircraft-entered-its-air-defence-zone
