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Study shows EV owners have bigger carbon footprint than average because they are wealthier (phys.org)
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14057643

Maybe EVs are not a comprehensive climate solution??

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Interesting. Though I'd love to see more studies on this and especially ones comparing countries. I know that in Belgium it seems many EV owners also own solar panels and are at least more likely to also have batteries. And the rich people can actually afford to build more climate neutral houses with heat pumps. (As heat pumps here are more expensive than heating with gas which is less efficient)

Apart from that I always figured ev's are a great solution to local pollution: cars driving through streets, idling through intersections etc. Less so for global pollution though across their life they should still be better I thought.