Passenger cars and trucks are responsible for 17% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.
Would capping the number of years a car can be on the road reduce emissions? Not so much.
Previously, I have quote an 18% figure for this – the percentage varies by year the mix of energy usage in the U.S.
After adjusting for vehicle lifetime-energy usage and emissions (it takes energy and emits carbon to make an EV), if we converted all light vehicles (all passenger cars, pickup trucks, small vans, used in personal travel and for business) to electric tomorrow, we might see only a 5% reduction in emissions, which is basically zero.
We focus on EVs because they are visible. What is not visible to most of us is the large amount of energy and carbon emissions necessary (today) to produce electricity and to operate industrial processes (like smelting metals for manufacturing).
Our political class and media propaganda focuses mostly on EVs – yet we could spend a fortune on an EV conversion and accomplish nothing with regards to climate.
Reminder ->
Climate: What we are doing to address climate – Coldstreams
- Climate: What Experts Say We Must Do – Coldstreams (most of which are nonsense, not sustainable and not supportable)
- Part 1: Climate Hypocrites – Coldstreams (150 pages of climate hypocrites with carbon emissions the size of small countries who fly about the world in private jets telling us how “we” should reduce our emissions)
- Part 2: Climate Hypocrites – Coldstreams (continued)
- Media lying about pavement temperature and pavement burns in Phoenix – Coldstreams (About the incredible dishonesty of the media in reporting on climate topics)
While we continue to do a lot to reduce energy usage and to be efficient, I reached the point where I no longer care – for reasons outlined above.
