• Salvo@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    Depends a lot on the car.

    Keeping a HSV Avalanche on the road as your primary vehicle so that you do not have to buy a newer car is probably not a fiscally or environmentally responsible choice. Nor is replacing it with a Rivian or Lightning.

    Maybe a Suzuki Swift or a Nissan Leaf would be a better choice.

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      9 months ago

      Alright using your examples which seem awfully chery picked the break even point of co2 in terms of years being as generouse to the suzuki as possible is about 4.16 years. Depending on age the average time someone keeps a car is 6-10 years (older people tending to keep it longer) that means about half the lifespan of ur suzuki must be spent before u break even on carbon cost. If u do the same calculation for electric vehicles u find they have a far longer break even period.

      If u do the same calculations for my car it will take 27years to break even in terms of carbon cost.