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Originally Posted by RWebb
assuming those numbers are correct, you are still asking a question about value to the original owner only (and neglecting resale value too)
if you are asking about carbon inputs, as you lead in sentences suggest, the correct question is not how long the 1st buyer owns the car, but the life of the vehicle (and you then have to also follow the parts & sub-assemblies too)
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Well, if we are talking carbon inputs, then we also must consider the carbon costs associated with the production and destruction of the battery modules. That is more of what I was alluding to when I said "everything has a carbon footprint."
Bottom line -- if you want to save mother earth, a hybrid isn't the answer. Neither is riding a bike, since that also has a carbon footprint. Better off walking to work. (Naked, or wearing hand-woven hemp clothes which will minimize carbon use...)
-Z-man.