Well, parts of Italy still use horses and carts (my father was born in Calabria!).
I don't know this, and have no dog in this fight (except to hope that the same technology that powers my leaf blower also isn't also the sole technology available to take my geriatric a$$ to Sunday dinner two score hence)...but what about the cost to build an EV/ship an EV to point of sale vs. ICE cars? That also needs to be part of the math, correct?
Also...am now going to the "Differences" thread to post a question about "man maths." Thanks.
The correct co2 comparison is complicated and dependent on lifetime use, location of resources used, location of production, distance to end market and life span of vehicles in km. So a combination of fixed and variable costs which means you need to calculate emissions per km based on an assumed lifetime average usage of a vehicle.
ICE:
Fixed:
emissions of sourcing materials & building an ICE car & transport to destination (per average lifetime km usage) less any recovery from recycling
Variable:
emissions of prospecting for oil (per liter fuel over lifetime usage)
emissions of building oil platform/well/storage facility (per liter fuel over lifetime usage)
emissions of operating the oil platform/well (per liter fuel)
emissions of oil transport to refinery (production & operation) (per liter fuel)
emissions of building refinery (per liter fuel over lifetime usage)
emissions of operating refinery incl. actual refinery process (per liter fuel)
emissions of transport to fuel station including production cost of transport method (per liter fuel)
emissions of building fuel station (per liter fuel over lifetime usage)
emissions of operating fuel station (per liter fuel)
emissions of average extra km’s made travelling to fuel stations to fill up (per liter fuel)
phew…. And then of course the emissions per km of the car/engine which is the number we see published and which then is only one part or the equation.
EV:
Fixed:
emissions of sourcing materials & building an EV car & transport to destination (per average lifetime km usage) less any recovery from recycling
Variable:
emissions of building the power plant (per KWh over lifetime)
emissions of operating the power plant incl. actual power generation process (per KWh - this one is the crux of course)
emissions of producing/transporting/prospecting fuel mix for power plant (per KWh)
emissions of building distribution network (per KWh over lifetime)
emissions of operating distribution network (per KWh)
emissions of extra km’s made travelling to charging stations (per KWh)