I'm in London. I cycle to work and use the tube network and bus network whenever I can. I also have a private car which I use for trips where public transport or my bike is impractical. It's a 2016 model, I expect that it may need replacing in 5 years time. If I took the cartoon at face value, I might think it makes no difference from a climate chang perspective whether I choose petrol or electric - and this is clearly wrong.

[–] eltimablo@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

If I took the cartoon at face value, I might think it makes no difference from a climate chang perspective whether I choose petrol or electric - and this is clearly wrong.

That's ok, OP will just block you for making a valid point that doesn't align with whatever is written on the inside of his colon.

[–] Custoslibera@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It really depends on the new model of car you choose to replace your outgoing one.

This was the website that I have been thinking of:

https://www.carboncounter.com/#!/explore

You can see some electric cars are far worse than a hybrid as an example.

[–] ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

you can also see that there are only a few hybrid vehicles a bit better than bev, and bev are overall 'better' in this diagram?

in fact - if you filter by vehicle class you see that bev are always 'better' in their respective class than hybrid or ice. you can't compare a bev suv with a midsize hybrid.

[–] Nobsi@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

Do you also see the amount of carbon to the left? That isnt total. Its per mile. You cannot even read the diagram and then you claim switching to evs is bad...