Custoslibera@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoBuying a new car is not better than keeping an old onelemmy.worldimagemessage-square291fedilinkarrow-up1907arrow-down1376
arrow-up1531arrow-down1imageBuying a new car is not better than keeping an old onelemmy.worldCustoslibera@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square291fedilink
minus-squareDass93@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoWhat about convert the old cars to electric?
minus-squareOderus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThere’s a heavy CO2 cost to making batteries so even if you convert an ICE vehicle to electric, you’ll have to drive it quite far to break even on the CO2 emissions from the factory.
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·2 years agoNo, buy new fossil fuel cars.
What about convert the old cars to electric?
There’s a heavy CO2 cost to making batteries so even if you convert an ICE vehicle to electric, you’ll have to drive it quite far to break even on the CO2 emissions from the factory.
No, buy new fossil fuel cars.