https://www.greencarreports.com/new...s-greener-than-driving-an-old-one-really
Looks to be an early report, or perhaps using old data from the early 2000's, but it is stating that
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But it's here that we return to a 2000 study by M.A. Weiss et al., entitled On The Road In 2020: A life-cycle analysis of new automobile technologies.
The study reveals that fully 75 percent of a car's lifetime carbon emissions stem from the fuel it burns, not its production. A further 19 percent of that is production and transportation of the fuel, leaving just six percent for the car's manufacture.
Now, for all the CVT hatred (and I'm one of them), you have to admit: swapping a CVT every 100k is still cheaper than a new car. And if the studies were correct, then replacing a car every 200k while making sure to increase one's mpg might still be greener than running a 20 year old car into the ground.
YMMV, of course.
Looks to be an early report, or perhaps using old data from the early 2000's, but it is stating that
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But it's here that we return to a 2000 study by M.A. Weiss et al., entitled On The Road In 2020: A life-cycle analysis of new automobile technologies.
The study reveals that fully 75 percent of a car's lifetime carbon emissions stem from the fuel it burns, not its production. A further 19 percent of that is production and transportation of the fuel, leaving just six percent for the car's manufacture.
Now, for all the CVT hatred (and I'm one of them), you have to admit: swapping a CVT every 100k is still cheaper than a new car. And if the studies were correct, then replacing a car every 200k while making sure to increase one's mpg might still be greener than running a 20 year old car into the ground.
YMMV, of course.