What kind of shit article is this? The main reason is that China doesn't play fair, simple as that.
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I already did... There's some subscription stuff where you can read pretty much all available magazines and papers, it's been a long time since I've been reading that much "news" and reports
And in most areas, how much share have nuclear and wind? Somewhere around 30-40% combined on average
Argonne assumes the batteries are produced with renewables AND they assume EVs are going to be charged over the day, when most of the renewable energy is "present". Most BEVs are charged over night, where only Hydro or Geothermal makes power. Meaning, the Co2 footprint grows exponentially, because at night most of the power is made with fossile fuels - a kWh easily can have a rucksack of over 700 gr/kWh of Co2. But hey, what's a few assumptions here or there in favour of either side, huh? Oh and go talk to China about them producing the batteries "environment friendly". Just because something uses less Co2 doesn't mean it's cleaner. A few ppm more Co2 in the Atmosphere is bad for the Climate, sure, but a few ppm more Mercury in natural habitats, rivers and lakes? Pff, who cares!
A recent study from the Association of German Engineers did factor in that most EVs are charged over night - even after 130k Miles (~ 200k km), a Golf TDI has roughly a 33 Ton Co2 rucksack, where an EV produced with renewables (ID.3) had 36 Tons.
Who said i'm against that? But with that argument, phasing out fossile fuels would solve a lot more issues than a few EVs.
Nah. The issue is way more complex than that and begins in proper training for drivers and ends in some proper road worthy inspections of vehicles so that they at least have their lights correctly aligned and aimed.
There are no such issues in Europe. Sure, you get the occasional double blink from matrix led system, but I'd take those systems any day of the week over some who just forgot to turn off their high beams or has their lights aimed incorrectly
That would need proper training - meaning a drivers license that's worth the plastic it occupies. Which it isn't. Compared to the EU, a north American driver's license is like letting a paper plane flyer in an A380 and saying "There's the light switch, there's the Autopilot, go fly".
One should not forget that all these things are not produced and manufactured with zero emissions. EV batteries still need huge amounts of CO2 emissions, photovoltaic cells are far from zero emissions and with the huge amounts of untapped potential to make existing stuff emitt less CO2, there will still be a lot of growth in emissions...
Which is especially sad in Germany, because we ought to have learnt from the mistakes of the past and mastered the art of improving ourselves. The stereotype of a German being overly critical was true for exactly that reason. Apparently the Generation that should have learned it from first hand simply forgot.
They are essential to the survival of the country - we neither have the brith rate, nor the capacity to sustain anything without them. As a country highly dependent on exports, immigration has always been one of the key factors. Be it the Turkish in the 60s and 70s, or anyone else. Being German has basically nothing to do with being born here
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You can open a company in both places, you can make business in both easy, you can invest in any company you like in both cases. Most of the time even the justice system kind of work.
None of this is true for China - if you are a foreigner even less.