THE VIDEO SHELF · car lifecycle emissions
Is Keeping Your Old Car Better For The Environment?
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters cite it in EV and emissions debates for its numbers on when replacing a car pays off.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Engineering Explained
- Topic
- car lifecycle emissions
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Engineering Explained youtube channel tackled this question: [VIDEO] The verdict appears to be that the answer to this question is a bit more complicated then a blanket "Its better to buy a new car for the environment" but its highly dependent on gas milage and …
farisjarrah on Hacker News · 2021-09
In Tesla pushes U.S. to boost fuel economy penaltiesA video I watched recently comes to a very different conclusion on almost every point you raised: that buying a new electric car is better for the environment within ~5 years of use, taking into account the 'new car' footprint. I'm not an expert, so …
widdershins on Hacker News · 2021-10
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