Their parts get made. They get manufactured. Pretty sure that involves fairly substantial emissions, just not compared to what we have now.
Sure, everything involves emissions, but when we're talking about a 80%-90% reduction over what we have now, you can't just handwave that away. That's a tiny fraction of our current position.
And if we're going to consider that, let's consider the ghg emissions of laying new bike trails and railroads? Of building new buses and trains?
Manufacturing emits GHGs for anything but it's a small fraction of the life cycle GHGs of a vehicle, especially if the electricity used in manufacturing is also renewable.
Their parts get made. They get manufactured. Pretty sure that involves fairly substantial emissions, just not compared to what we have now.
Sure, everything involves emissions, but when we're talking about a 80%-90% reduction over what we have now, you can't just handwave that away. That's a tiny fraction of our current position.
And if we're going to consider that, let's consider the ghg emissions of laying new bike trails and railroads? Of building new buses and trains?
Manufacturing emits GHGs for anything but it's a small fraction of the life cycle GHGs of a vehicle, especially if the electricity used in manufacturing is also renewable.