Electric Vehicles have become the new vegan, but Blackadder seems to think that just like tofu, your Tesla might not be the answer to Mother Nature’s survival just yet.
Atkison penned his defence of petrol cars in a well-articulated opinion piece for Guardian recently, noting that there are many reasons why petrol cars are still ‘less disruptive’ to the environment than electric vehicles . than when manufacturing a petrol one, and most of this ‘green cost’ is taken up by battery manufacturing.
Hydrogen-fueled cars are a possible remedy for the EV quagmire, and several car manufacturers have made remarkable progress towards introducing these engines, particularly for trucks that are notoriously difficult to power with electrical. But it would again take years for the technology to become widespread, as well as for infrastructure to be brought up to speed.
‘Currently, on average we keep our new cars for only three years before selling them on, driven mainly by the ubiquitous three-year leasing model.’
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