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Re:EVs are lowering Bay Area's carbon footprint by hettygreen on Friday April 12, 2024 @11:53PM (#40020351)
Don't ruin it for me!

I only read the headline and was feeling justified purchasing 3000 pounds of globally mined steel, aluminum, rubber, plastic, graphite, copper, nickel, manganese and cobalt.

Re:EVs are lowering Bay Area's carbon footprint by mepiethree on Saturday April 13, 2024 @12:03AM (#40020393)
You can feel good. the carbon debt from manufacturing is amortized over the life of the car. As long as the car is driven more than 19,000 miles, EVs are better.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/business/electric-vehicle...