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Traditionally an ICE car average cost was 0.72 tonnes of Co2 for each £1,000 of retail price during manufacturing. So a moderate £40,000 car would generate roughly 22t Co2 just to get it onto the forecourt.
Let's talk about the pitfalls of these clean air strategies .. consider the scrapage scheme and the fields full of serviceable cars traded for new ones. The plug in grant encouraging new electric car sales - and don't forget with that one how the ceiling has dropped and now the retail of some cars previously eligible has dropped with it (thinking of you VW) to maintain their eligibility and encourage new electric car sales ...
I'm just saying I agree with cleaner air, it's everyone's right, but let's look at the complete picture and not just a strategy that suits today's headline
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I'm not sure how solid the argument is for electric cars in terms of saving the world. For cleaner air in cities, sure it's obvious.
On a planet level though, the whole life environmental cost of electric cars is still pretty high. Lots of things people can do to reduce "footprint" other than or as well as car choice.