MossRoad
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You asking about per mile or the total manufacturing process, or both?I wonder what the projected carbon footprint of an EV is??? I'll spend part of a snowy afternoon in the shop researching that.
It would be interesting to find both.
But honestly, I doubt anyone here is concerned about the environmental impact manufacturing a brand new F150 gas, diesel, OR battery vehicle actually causes.
Most of them are using the "battery building harms the environment" argument to justify their stance on the possibility of being forced to ditch their fossil fuel vehicle. They really don't give a poop about the environmental impact their gas or diesel pickup or tractor causes, let alone the impact of its manufacturing process. The arguments that climate change isn't real, we'll never run out of oil or natural gas, solar and wind are crap, etc., are strong here.
And don't get me wrong. I drive vehicles just like everyone else, use gasoline, neither are very efficient, we live in a house, use electricity, natural gas, burn wood, ride on airplanes, etc. (I eat meat, too. YIKES! ).
It's just interesting seeing the strong arguments against environmentalism here over the past 21 years and now the sudden shift towards environmentalism regarding only battery manufacturing. I just don't buy it as sincere.