The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

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Jeremy Clarkson has been banging on about that for over a decade.

None of that takes into account the emmisions from shipping it from all parts of the world as well.
Lithium mines to manufacturing to production to end user.

All to make people feel better about themselves.

And to top it off, it's relatively wealthy types buying Tesla's, and they are scrapping relatively new cars made from tonnes of recently mined resources that could have run for another decade or two more. Many of the same people update their car every 3 to 5 years, while the break-even figures assume you buy the Tesla and drive it to destruction.

I've even had someone arrogantly argue the aged Teslas will be passed down the economic chain benefitting those who can't initially afford them, but doesn't that mean the new car buyer never breaks even? I suspect unless they end with decades of invalid care they probably pass in deficit!

That's the feel good green for you, perhaps it's pseudogreen!