[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by gblansten

No one is suggesting all carbon dioxide be removed from the atmosphere. Showing ways to reduce co2 in the atmosphere is not revelatory.

And on August 30, 1967 when CARB was born, their statement was " Nah, we just want to reduce car emissions a little bit".

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

And on August 30, 1967 when CARB was born, their statement was " Nah, we just want to reduce car emissions a little bit".

I will be happy to offload worry about a cabal of people scheming to remove all co2 from our atmosphere to any of you guys. I can remove that one from my list. Keeping the list short keeps me enjoying life.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Well with the Internet stating the Earth can tolerate no more than 8B people and the Earth's population reported by the Internet is already 8.118B, the starvation/shootings should start soon enough.

It already has.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by gblansten

I will be happy to offload worry about a cabal of people scheming to remove all co2 from our atmosphere to any of you guys. I can remove that one from my list. Keeping the list short keeps me enjoying life.

Wait until you face the prospect of a fixed income and extremely uncontrollable variable costs for food, utilities and mobile fuel. All because some uber-comfortable corrupt dumbshits think they can control the climate.

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Wait until you face the prospect of a fixed income and extremely uncontrollable variable costs for food, utilities and mobile fuel. All because some uber-comfortable corrupt dumbshits think they can control the climate.

Again, I’m saying no one is suggesting all carbon dioxide be removed from the atmosphere.

[Weather Man]

Originally Posted by gblansten

No one is suggesting all carbon dioxide be removed from the atmosphere. Showing ways to reduce co2 in the atmosphere is not revelatory.

When Biden administration EPA officials were testifying before congress, they were all for reducing Co2. When asked how much Co2 was in the atmosphere currently, not a SINGLE one could answer the question. .04% BTW.

99.9% of the Green Insanity don't know increased Co2 is what has greened the earth on NASA satellite imagery since NASA started getting color imagery. They also don't know that the earth was on its way to being a big dead brown ball of dirt because the earth is really really good at sequestering carbon. Sequestering the gas that grows our food is posibly the single biggest scam EVER perpetrated on the human race.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by gblansten

Again, I’m saying no one is suggesting all carbon dioxide be removed from the atmosphere.

And I think by saying "all carbon dioxide" it means capturing all of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide to become a net-zero gain society.

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

And I think by saying "all carbon dioxide" it means capturing all of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide to become a net-zero gain society.

Nah. He was yelling at clouds.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Weather Man

When Biden administration EPA officials were testifying before congress, they were all for reducing Co2. When asked how much Co2 was in the atmosphere currently, not a SINGLE one could answer the question. .04% BTW.

99.9% of the Green Insanity don't know increased Co2 is what has greened the earth on NASA satellite imagery since NASA started getting color imagery. They also don't know that the earth was on its way to being a big dead brown ball of dirt because the earth is really really good at sequestering carbon. Sequestering the gas that grows our food is posibly the single biggest scam EVER perpetrated on the human race.

Grift is their middle name and people STILL eat it up.
They don't give two figs about any emissions impact.

Climate barons.


Cra-cra

[Weather Man]

Originally Posted by gblansten

Nah. He was yelling at clouds.

You won't own a car and you will like it.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/80UP6QTLO5M

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Weather Man

You won't own a car and you will like it.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/80UP6QTLO5M

Yes and the exactly the same is happening in London town and some other large towns with unelected c's bringing all sorts of anti motorist measures in at a moments notice.

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by gblansten

No one is suggesting all carbon dioxide be removed from the atmosphere. Showing ways to reduce co2 in the atmosphere is not revelatory.

Odd it looks like the US Government is doing just that very thing.
DOE Announces Up to $100 Million for Pilot-Scale Testing of Advanced Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies
February 12, 2024

https://www.energy.gov/fecm/carbon-dioxide-removal

Maybe not all just most, Nothing is too absurd for the Government to spend out tax money on.

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Wait until you face the prospect of a fixed income and extremely uncontrollable variable costs for food, utilities and mobile fuel. All because some uber-comfortable corrupt dumbshits think they can control the climate.

gblansten is waiting for Tesla to adopt "surge pricing" so he can pick up a couple dozen plaids cheap before the rapture.

[Car-Addicted]

The greenest car in America isn’t an EV
February 28, 2024
But a new report from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy suggests that the “greenest” car in America may not be fully electric. The nonprofit group, which has rated the pollution from vehicles for decades, says the winning car this year is the Toyota Prius Prime, a plug-in hybrid that can go 48 miles on electricity before switching to hybrid.
It’s not the first time that a plug-in vehicle has topped the GreenerCars list; the Prius Prime also won out in 2020 and 2022. But with more and more electric vehicles on the market, the staying power of the plug-in hybrid is surprising.
The GreenerCars report analyzes 1,200 cars available in 2024, assessing both the carbon dioxide emissions of the vehicle while it’s on the road and the emissions of manufacturing the car and battery. It also assesses the impact of pollutants beyond carbon dioxide, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and particulate matter — all of which can harm human health.
Combining these factors, the authors gave each car a “green score” ranging from 0 to 100. The Toyota Prius Prime received a score of 71
The Prius Prime outranked its competitors, Huether said, because of its small battery — which lowers the emissions and pollution associated with manufacturing — and its high efficienc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/clima...lug-in-hybrid/

Since the Washington Post hasn't been right about anything since Jeff Bezos bought it, you should take this with a grain of salt.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by gblansten

Nah. He was yelling at clouds.

The people I've ever seen yelling at the clouds were the knit-hat, diperpin-wearing adult babies who feared The Orange.

[kyriian]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

The greenest car in America isn’t an EV
February 28, 2024
But a new report from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy suggests that the “greenest” car in America may not be fully electric. The nonprofit group, which has rated the pollution from vehicles for decades, says the winning car this year is the Toyota Prius Prime, a plug-in hybrid that can go 48 miles on electricity before switching to hybrid.
It’s not the first time that a plug-in vehicle has topped the GreenerCars list; the Prius Prime also won out in 2020 and 2022. But with more and more electric vehicles on the market, the staying power of the plug-in hybrid is surprising.
The GreenerCars report analyzes 1,200 cars available in 2024, assessing both the carbon dioxide emissions of the vehicle while it’s on the road and the emissions of manufacturing the car and battery. It also assesses the impact of pollutants beyond carbon dioxide, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and particulate matter — all of which can harm human health.
Combining these factors, the authors gave each car a “green score” ranging from 0 to 100. The Toyota Prius Prime received a score of 71
The Prius Prime outranked its competitors, Huether said, because of its small battery — which lowers the emissions and pollution associated with manufacturing — and its high efficienc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/clima...lug-in-hybrid/

Since the Washington Post hasn't been right about anything since Jeff Bezos bought it, you should take this with a grain of salt.

I mean... it is pretty much par the course of expectation, when considering the entire manufacturing process, not to mention the new data regarding EV's reliability at its current state is not the utopian picture painted about 10 years ago

Suprising that Teslas are nowhere on this list /S.

PHEV, or even just hybrid (both serial and the traditional type) are perfect for this point in time, and for a very long time to handle all aspects of consumers

To be frank, smaller city car EVs make complete sense if considering the environment, their best advantages (no emission, quiet, quick off the line, smaller size) are all traits that are favorable in a city, yet car makers stuff their EVs with massive batteries at diminishing return for longer range.

Sadly they are still so overpriced... a MINI SE here cost 44k with government rebate, a base MINI ICE is still about 10k less

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by kyriian

Suprising that Teslas are nowhere on this list /S.

I'm sure that Musk is shocked at not making the list. The Washington Post the democratic newspaper of record ignoring the owner of X.

[SteVTEC]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

The greenest car in America isn’t an EV
February 28, 2024
But a new report from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy suggests that the “greenest” car in America may not be fully electric. The nonprofit group, which has rated the pollution from vehicles for decades, says the winning car this year is the Toyota Prius Prime, a plug-in hybrid that can go 48 miles on electricity before switching to hybrid.
It’s not the first time that a plug-in vehicle has topped the GreenerCars list; the Prius Prime also won out in 2020 and 2022. But with more and more electric vehicles on the market, the staying power of the plug-in hybrid is surprising.
The GreenerCars report analyzes 1,200 cars available in 2024, assessing both the carbon dioxide emissions of the vehicle while it’s on the road and the emissions of manufacturing the car and battery. It also assesses the impact of pollutants beyond carbon dioxide, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and particulate matter — all of which can harm human health.
Combining these factors, the authors gave each car a “green score” ranging from 0 to 100. The Toyota Prius Prime received a score of 71
The Prius Prime outranked its competitors, Huether said, because of its small battery — which lowers the emissions and pollution associated with manufacturing — and its high efficienc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/clima...lug-in-hybrid/

Since the Washington Post hasn't been right about anything since Jeff Bezos bought it, you should take this with a grain of salt.

Yes, vehicles like the Prius are more energy efficient than a Tesla Model 3 or comparable pure EV, because they weigh so much less by often thousands of pounds. Consider that hybrid ICE powertrains can reach 40% thermal efficiency, that's already meeting or beating the net efficiency of the grid after transmission and delivery losses, while not having to lug around 1000-1500+ lb batteries everywhere. Heavier cars require more energy, lighter cars require less. You can build a hybrid much lighter than a pure EV, thus they're more energy efficient.

[Alfisti]

Thousands of pounds? A Prius weight 350 to 500 pounds less than a model 3.

[RM7]

And a Model S is lighter than an Audi RS6.

[XutvJet]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Thousands of pounds? A Prius weight 350 to 500 pounds less than a model 3.

The heaviest Model 3 is over 700lbs more than the heaviest new gen Prius. My friend's Rivan R1S weighs nearly 7100lbs. My wife's 2020 4runner, which is similar in size and room, weighs 4700lbs. So yeah, it can be thousands of pounds difference, comparatively speaking.

[BlkGS]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

Odd it looks like the US Government is doing just that very thing.
DOE Announces Up to $100 Million for Pilot-Scale Testing of Advanced Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies
February 12, 2024

https://www.energy.gov/fecm/carbon-dioxide-removal

Maybe not all just most, Nothing is too absurd for the Government to spend out tax money on.

If only nature had created a whole category of life form that could take in air, capture CO2, release O2, and maybe use the sun to power itself!

The real idiocy of this all is we have deforestation in the 3rd world going on at breakneck pace, and the lunatics want us to switch over to battery everything and spend trillions on carbon capture tech rather than just planting a shitload more trees.