Want to Reduce Pollution? Don't Buy a Tesla "'Broadbased adoption of ZEVs [electric vehicles] will increase air pollution and associated environmental costs relative to new internal combustion vehicles,” concludes a new study from the Manhattan Institute. Electric cars “will increase overall emissions of sulfur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, and particulates, compared with the same number of new internal combustion vehicles, even after accounting for emissions from petroleum refineries.'" More below. "This appears to contradict Department of Energy claims that, “In general, EVs produce fewer emissions that contribute to
climate change and smog than conventional vehicles.” However, “in general” does not mean “in particular.” A study by several economists found that, in some parts of the country that rely mainly on hydroelectricity and other non-polluting electricity, electric cars are indeed cleaner than internal combustion cars. But, as reported by City Lab, in most of the country electric cars are dirtier than gasoline-powered cars, and in much of the rest of the country they are about the same (scroll down to “What They Found” in the City Lab article or to page 35 of the paper itself). Only in certain parts of the West are electric cars significantly cleaner than gasoline. Greenhouse gas emissions is another story, and the Manhattan Institute study admits that electric cars produce fewer emissions even if the source of electricity is fossil fuels. However, the study found that the savings are so small that, even if all internal combustion vehicles were replaced with electric ones, total energy-related CO2 emissions would be reduced by just 0.3 percent; this “reduction will have no measurable impact on world climate and thus no economic value.'" But taxpayers have the pleasure of subsidizing EVs to the tune of thousands of dollars each. What is going on is politicians are treating their wealthy donors to a discount on high-end EVs. This is an ugly upper-middle-class tax break at the expense of the rest of the taxpayers. We are saddled with the most venal and corrupt class of politicians in human history. There is an election in November, kick these miscreants to the curb. Eliminate all tax credits on EVs, and at the same time cut the tax credits to solar and wind power as well, they also are losers which are deadly to wildlife and have no discernable energy benefit.
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