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be confident – an electric car has about the total-cost-of-ownership co2 footprint as a diesel (sic!). I ride a bike or go by foot. Rural germany, however.


> an electric car has about the total-cost-of-ownership co2 footprint as a diesel (sic!)

That's nonsense, ICE propaganda which has been thoroughly debunked. Cf. https://energypost.eu/latest-data-shows-lifetime-emissions-o...

> I ride a bike or go by foot

Excellent! Can't be beat in terms of co2 footprint!


I refer to 'Pedelection – Verlagerung- und Klimaeffekte durch Pedelecnutzung im Individualverkehr', Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg, 2012

I didn't do the research my own. You's is more recent, though.


What is your source ? This is very much against what I read many times, unless you have the dirtiest electricity grid and the cleanest diesel production.




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