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Electric car emissions benefits are far greater than first thought (www.futurity.org)
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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Some people might have overestimated, others might have underestimated, others pushed misinformation, some changed their minds, others never bothered to make a numerical prediction. Saying "than first thought" without saying who "thought" is very meaningless.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Seems the article implies that no one really thought about it:

    And, surprisingly, there wasn’t existing research-based guidance.

    Which is just not true. Here are a few that I looked up quickly: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00532.x

    https://energy.mit.edu/publication/on-the-road-in-2020-a-life-cycle-analysis-of-new-automobile-technologies/

    https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2015/11/Cleaner-Cars-from-Cradle-to-Grave-full-report.pdf

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Right. We never needed a genius making numerical predictions to KNOW that EVs would be beneficial emission-wise. This became real to me when I first saw a Honda Insight in year 2000 and started taking EVs seriously. We didn't just "think", we KNEW.

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