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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by tpxl on Friday June 25, 2021 @07:17AM (#27629309)
> Wildly off topic ranting about the balance of embodied versus emitted CO2 for the typical ICE vehicle omitted. Clue: 10 years is about the break-even point

Do you mean it takes about 10 years for the car to emit the same amount of co2 that was used in producing it?

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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by alisonkisk on Friday June 25, 2021 @09:20AM (#27630426)
If so, that's not "breakeven". Breakeven is when future emissions savings from a newer better car make it worth scrapping (not just selling) a car and replacing it with a newly manufactured one.
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