Comments by "Simon" (@Simon-dm8zv) on "Why It Would Take $200 Billion To Clean Up America’s School Buses | True Cost | Business Insider" video.

  1.  @HOMELANDERFEELS  Lithium is not mined by slave labour. It’s an industrial process that mainly involves evaporation of brine water and further refinement. Not much manual labour involved at all.
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  2. You have no clue.
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  3. Not relevant at all. It's literally NOTHING compared to the amount of oil required for fuel production.
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  4. Yes, you and Alan Fisher are right but that does not mean we should not develop electric vehicles. Outside of urban areas we will still need more sustainable ways of transport.
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  5. Because internal combustion engines will never be as clean as electric drivetrains.
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  6. Common misconception. Even on mainly non renewable energy it is cleaner than diesel.
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  7. They are a lot better, even if mainly fossil electricity is used to charge them. Just simple physics. Electric vehicles are far more efficient.
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  8. It's a famous myth. That comparison only concerns sulfur emissions - NOT CO2 and all the other shit that leaves the exhaust pipes.
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  9. Has been researched a million times. Electric vehicles are always less polluting.
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  10. what is your problem?
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  11. The American grid only produces 0.85 pounds of CO2 per kWh. That is far from 100% fossil.
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  12. With current and future diesel prices they definitely will.
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  13. It's not. And neither diesel nor gasoline are a solution for the future.
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  14.  @HOMELANDERFEELS  Ever heard of CO2?
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  15. Plenty of companies preparing for this.
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  16. Yes busses on liquid propane are cleaner regarding toxic emissions, but CO2 emissions are barely lower than diesel.
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  17.  @deepspacecow2644  Nope.
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  18. But still causes a lot of CO2 emissions.
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  19. Yes, sometimes. So what? Still cleaner than diesel.
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  20. lol
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  21. Yup LFP is great. Many bus manufacturers use LFP for their electric busses.
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  22. The oil industry is one of the biggest cobalt consumers where it is used to deshulphurize fuel.
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  23. Not relevant. Electric is always cleaner.
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  24. "Diesel over Electric hybrid drive bus instead?" Because it would still consume massive amounts of diesel. And hauling around a diesel engine for 10 years just because the batteries might need replacement one day?!
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  25.  @10100rsn  Generating your own energy using an engine is terribly inefficient. A fully electric bus using grid energy for charging is much better emissions wise.
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  26. Wrong. Electric vehicles are always less polluting, no matter what. An no, clean diesels do not exist.
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  27.  @windyblown2383  I know, that why I said 'no matter what'. Even on mainly non renewable energy CO2 emissions are still lower than diesel.
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  28.  @windyblown2383  Average emissions per kWh per year is what counts.
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  29. You are misquoting the study. The break even point is only 60k miles in a worst case scenario. An average school bus drives 12k miles per year so within 5 years the electric bus is cleaner on every level.
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  30. No because it is not relevant. CO2 emissions of fossil fuels are far higher.
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  31. oh yes.
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  32. Not in the long run.
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  33. CO2 emissions are still lower than diesel.
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