Is Keeping Your Old Car Better For The Environment?

Name: Is Keeping Your Old Car Better For The Environment?
Description: Engineering Explained compares the lifecycle emissions of keeping an old car with those of buying a new, more efficient one. It weighs manufacturing emissions against emissions from driving, and covers gas versus electric cars.

Engineering Explained

Engineering Explained compares the lifecycle emissions of keeping an old car with those of buying a new, more efficient one. It weighs manufacturing emissions against emissions from driving, and covers gas versus electric cars.

HN commenters cite it in EV and emissions debates for its numbers on when replacing a car pays off.

7 Hacker News mentions · 2021–2025

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Cars, EVs & motorcycles
Climate policy, solutions & debate

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