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Buying a new car is not better than keeping an old one (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It really depends on the new model of car you choose to replace your outgoing one.

This was the website that I have been thinking of:

https://www.carboncounter.com/#!/explore

You can see some electric cars are far worse than a hybrid as an example.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

you can also see that there are only a few hybrid vehicles a bit better than bev, and bev are overall 'better' in this diagram?

in fact - if you filter by vehicle class you see that bev are always 'better' in their respective class than hybrid or ice. you can't compare a bev suv with a midsize hybrid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Do you also see the amount of carbon to the left? That isnt total. Its per mile. You cannot even read the diagram and then you claim switching to evs is bad...