Liberals are forcing me to accept electricity. When will the madness end?!?!
Because electric vehicles are the most energy efficient, right?
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study published by ScienceDirect shows that while the pollution created through the extraction and production of batteries remains the same or slightly higher than the manufacturing process of petrol or diesel-based engines –
where a battery is manufactured has a large impact on the emissions generated during this process.
With just under half of the globe’s electric cars, China continues to have the world’s largest electric car market with almost 1.1 million sold in 2018. Around 45 per cent of electric cars on the road in 2018 were in China (2.3 million total), followed by Europe which accounted for 24 per cent of the global fleet, and the United States at 22 per cent.
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Due to the country’s market size, the ScienceDirect study compares China’s manufacturing process of EVs and ICE vehicles, and shows that efficiency increases in the manufacturing and infrastructure process are vital to reducing emissions during EV production. Chinese battery manufacturers produce up to 60 per cent more CO2 during fabrication than ICE engine production, but according to the report, the country’s manufacturers could cut their emissions by up to 66 per cent if they implemented American or European manufacturing techniques - China is also expected to make rapid progress towards the uptake of EVs as its renewable industry further grows
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EVs: Are they really more efficient? (energycouncil.com.au)
And of course it isn't just that an EV consumes massive amounts of energy in the manufacturing process, there is also the problem of disposal of Lithium-Ion when the batteries fail - average of 5 years. Then we go through the massive energy use of crafting replacement batteries.
The left pretends that an EV does nothing more than draw power from the grid and convert it to the wheels. This is entirely false. The entire process of building an electric vehicle must be considered, and no - it is not more energy efficient. over 150,000 miles, it is less energy efficient than a small ICE.
