Are electric cars really better? – Brno daily
In reality, it is much more complicated than what their supporters try to tell us. The emission of oxide from an electric car depends on whether it is charged with clean or coal energy. In addition, the production of batteries requires a huge amount of energy, which is mainly obtained from coal in China. Based on these findings, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that using electric vehicles, the worldwide average combination of energy will produce only sources of energy during their lifetime half as much CO2 emissions than a car with an internal combustion engine. In America’s longest-running emissions trading system, you can buy an emission allowance of a given value for 300 dollars. Yet many states pay up to 20 times as much in subsidies to get people to switch to electric mobility.
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Bjorn Lomborg
is president of the Copenhagen Consensus and a visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. His latest book is called False Alarm.
The engine of an electric car does not pollute the air, but it needs electricity to function, which can ultimately lead to even more pollution. A new study revealed that in two-thirds of the states, electric cars cause more air pollution in the most dangerous parts than cars on. In China it’s the case that if you drive an electric car in an area with new and cleaner power plants, you pollute the environment a little less, but in areas where there are older power plants, the pollution will be a little more.
Electric cars have to have battery capacity, so they are much heavier than comparable combustion engine cars. OF new studies it follows that the weight difference alone leads to EVs producing more particulate matter due to greater wear and tear on tires, roads and roads. In the event of an accident, electric cars are more dangerous for other participants. As a study from the journal shows Nature, heavier electric cars will kill many more people, which may ultimately outweigh the positives from reduced CO2 emissions. Consumer demand for a longer range and a larger battery will then exacerbate the problem.
although electric cars are cheaper to operate, buying a new car is quite an expensive affair. center a car costs $48,000 in the United States, while an electric car now costs more than $66,000. New US government report states that the cost of an electric car is nine percent higher over its lifetime, even under the generous assumption that it will be driven as often as a conventional gasoline car. However, in reality, electric cars have approx half the usage, making them a much more expensive option. A new study shows that it relies exclusively on the electric car one in ten households. The others have at least one car that does not run on electricity, and most often it is an SUV, pick-up or minivan. Most households drive much longer distances with a non-electric car, making the electric car their “second car”.
Electric cars require large amounts of minerals to produce, so the enthusiastic shift to electromobility will increase demand for cobalt, nickel and manganese by 40 to 80 times by 2050. Demand for lithium for EVs will reach 140 times today’s value, with cars and storage consuming up to 10 times its current annual production. The production itself also brings ethical issues, for example in the Congo, child labor is mainly used for cobalt mining, and there are also security risks arising from the fact that most of the mineral processing plants are concentrated in China.
Norway is currently the only country where the majority of new cars are already electric. However, only extremely rich countries can go this route, as Norway pays indirect subsidies that operate on the basis of exemptions from sales tax and registration tax of $23,500 for the car. In addition, electromobility in this country also has a number of other concessions, such as exemption from road tax. Big part The Norwegian economy is, of course, made up of oil. Norway is paying a huge premium for so little reduction in CO2 emissions that it has to produce 100 barrels of oilwhich emits 40 tons of CO2 to subsidize an electric car that only pays for one ton.
Strange messages to voters
Many experts claim that electric car sales will dominate within a few decades, but that is far from reality. President Biden’s government estimates, that even in 2050, more than two-thirds of cars in the world will be powered by internal combustion engines. And if even in the middle of the century the electric car will not be the number one choice for the vast majority of the population, it is difficult to say whether the politician is really committed to the bans he is talking about now.
The main reasons why electric cars are gaining ground is the promised reduction in emissions. However, the International Energy Agency (IEA). estimates, that even if the whole world were to achieve all its interesting goals in the field of electromobility by 2030, the additional CO2 emissions saved during this decade would amount to 235 million tons. A standard climate model used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change revealed that in such a case, Earth’s temperature would drop by just 0.0001°C in 210.
Electric cars will gain ground only when, thanks to innovations, they are better and cheaper than cars with a combustion engine. But politicians are calling for immediate change and intend to sacrifice hundreds of billions of dollars to subsidize electric cars, preventing consumers from choosing the car they really want to achieve virtually zero climate change.
Translated by Bohumil Mácha
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