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I have not seen this mentioned before, but the Teslas people buy in the US isn't helping the environment. You just are saving on fuel!
How is it not helping the environment when compared to a gas or diesel car? You’re saving on fuel but you’re also burning far less fuel to produce the energy required and are using it more efficiently. I think you got this one wrong.
The energy cost to build the car in the first place will never be offset by the usage it will see. You personally might be saving on fuel costs but the energy it costs to refine and build those things taken together with the opportunity cost of what doesn't get built because of the limited supply of resources needed to make those batteries and the whole thing becomes much more of a gray area.
Electric cars aren't here to save the planet they're here to save the car industry.
My diesel truck takes three years to turn over the carbon emissions that it took to make my EV.