warmweatheronly
New Member
one giant caveat
"They only consider the cost of a trip, not the production and end-of-life costs of the bike and car, which would doubtless greatly favor the bike."
I would be seriously interested in what the 'genuine' carbon footprint is of a Tesla rather than this abbreviated version. Just how much waste is produced in the sourcing and manufacturing of the rare earth metals used in its construction? Those figures compared to a standard automobile alone would be quite interesting. Then, factoring in construction, labor (count all the calories for workers involved, hah) and I feel that it would make our various meals and exhales operating any such machine completely arbitrary in terms of a REAL comparison. I heard (so take this with a pound of salt, hah) that anywhere from 50%-70% of an automobiles carbon footprint is exacted in its creation alone.
"They only consider the cost of a trip, not the production and end-of-life costs of the bike and car, which would doubtless greatly favor the bike."
I would be seriously interested in what the 'genuine' carbon footprint is of a Tesla rather than this abbreviated version. Just how much waste is produced in the sourcing and manufacturing of the rare earth metals used in its construction? Those figures compared to a standard automobile alone would be quite interesting. Then, factoring in construction, labor (count all the calories for workers involved, hah) and I feel that it would make our various meals and exhales operating any such machine completely arbitrary in terms of a REAL comparison. I heard (so take this with a pound of salt, hah) that anywhere from 50%-70% of an automobiles carbon footprint is exacted in its creation alone.