Electric Cars
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The Greenest Option Is to Keep Driving Your Old Petrol Car
Vicky Parrot is a freelance motoring journalist who specialises in EVs. She and Julian are going to test how many miles they need to drive before offsetting the initial carbon footprint of an electric car. They will also fill up their cars with petrol so that they can work out what break even point it would take for them to save money on fuel. The predictions are in and I've got my hands on the cars, which means it is time to test. It's not just about the fuel you burn, is it? It's also about the energy involved in recycling a car... It's crass to just kind of scrap completely usable, perfectly fine petrol and diesel cars if
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