What are your thoughts on electric cars?

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“If the whole world follows through and gets to 140 million electric cars by 2030, the IEA [International Energy Agency] estimates that will reduce emissions by just 190 million tonnes of CO₂—a mere 0.4 percent of global emissions."

- Bjorn Lomborg

SW-User

@redredred Ah, the well known "expert", who has had formal accusations of dishonesty levelled against him many times.

Even if he is right, though, reducing emissions by 0.4% is still a reduction; imagine if 140 million more conventional cars were on the road by 2030...

redredred · M

@SW-User accusations aren’t proof. I can accuse you of killing and eating your grandmother, so what?

And yeah, let’s add a 40% increase in cost for vehicles for everybody, why not?

SW-User

@redredred I repeat:

Even if he is right, though, reducing emissions by 0.4% is still a reduction; imagine if 140 million more conventional cars were on the road by 2030...

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redredred · M

@SW-User I repeat, a 40% increase in the price people pay for cars is too much for a piddling reduction in CO2

ElwoodBlues · M

@redredred

The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that if every nation achieves their ambitious targets on increasing electric car ownership, it will reduce CO2 emissions in this decade by 235 million tons.

- Also Bjorn Lomborg

This guy doesn't sound too reliable. Why does he keep changing his numbers? Also, electric vehicles are only PART of the approach to carbon reduction; why does the esteemed Mr Lomborg pretend they're everything?