Re:Tesla Model Y
by ethagknight on Friday March 15, 2019 @12:57PM
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In the context of vehicle exhaust, I think it’s pretty clear that humid waste heat is not comparable to coal or petrol fired exhaust, particularly in proximity to cities.
Yeah... I do understand the difference.
My main point, though, is that the idea these cars are 'zero emission' is only true in a localized sense. As always, there are tradeoffs that the elevator pitch tends to gloss over.
Nuclear still has exhaust, it just takes the form of waste heat dumped into some environment to the plant and then spent fuel, which needs to be managed somehow.
(I do think nuclear needs to be a part of the solution, but I'd hardly call it 'zero exhaust', unless you are strictly speaking carbon emissions.)