It depends exactly where and how the battery is made—but when it comes to clean technologies like electric cars and solar power, even the dirtiest batteries emit less CO2 than using no battery at all.
That’s not possible at all. I don’t want to and won’t stay within a small radius of my house. We drive all over the east coast for concerts and get aways and are contemplating a drive to Colorado next spring.
The only way to even attempt to reduce miles traveled by car or bus, etc is to get transporter tech working and that is probably not going to happen in our or our kids life times.
It’s not a small feat to get cities redesigned to support walking, biking, etc. We need to be doing multiple things at once and moving away from burning dead dinosaurs and plant matter is the current most effective way to make a change for the climate and our comfort in the future.
There is no one right answer. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
We need to be reducing the number of miles traveled.
That’s not possible at all. I don’t want to and won’t stay within a small radius of my house. We drive all over the east coast for concerts and get aways and are contemplating a drive to Colorado next spring.
The only way to even attempt to reduce miles traveled by car or bus, etc is to get transporter tech working and that is probably not going to happen in our or our kids life times.
It’s not a small feat to get cities redesigned to support walking, biking, etc. We need to be doing multiple things at once and moving away from burning dead dinosaurs and plant matter is the current most effective way to make a change for the climate and our comfort in the future.
There is no one right answer. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
It is certainly possible to reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled.
Here is a map of average VMT by different cities in the USA.
https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2023/07/17/mileage-travel-annual