INCRHULK
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- Lance
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This is incorrect. The longer you own a BEV or PHEV, the less impact it has on the environment, no matter what the source of electrical generation is. Focusing solely on carbon emissions, every year you own and operate an ICE, you're contributing to a carbon footprint that grows. Every year you own a BEV, you're contributing to a decreased carbon footprint. If you can charge it via renewables/non-fossil fuel generation (Solar, hydro, wind, nuclear) the carbon footprint shrinks, eventually becoming negative. PHEVS aren't nearly as good as a BEV for this, but the longer you use the battery feature, the less impact it has on carbon emissions.I agree with some of that, but if you take the entire production and manufacturing process of an EV vs ICE, to end of life, the ICE will have less environmental impact as long as the juice to power the EV is most likely coming from coal down the road. Its like how they use the term "Biomass Generators", sound all nice and friendly, in reality its deforestation and burning trees, which when still standing extract CO2 from the atmosphere for photosynthesis.
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