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The consistent problem with “smart growth” people is that they have a lot of belief but little facts.

I did a little math and it turns out that for myself, driving an electric car to work has less GHG emissions than taking Metro.

WMATA reports 367,000 tons of CO2 emissions on 182,000,000 trips in 2019. That’s 4 pounds of CO2 per trip or 8 pounds of CO2 round trip.

EPA reports that a Tesla Model 3 has an efficiency of 0.259 kWh per mile. If I only charged from the grid, the current carbon intensity of the PJM Interconnection, which is the ISO that covers DC and Maryland regional ISO is 438g per kWh. Therefore a Tesla’s emissions would be 0.25 pounds per mile. My commute is 10 miles each way, so my round trip daily emissions would be 5 pounds.

If I drive a Tesla instead of taking Metro, I would reduce my carbon emissions by almost 40%. That’s crazy.

And this is why it’s important to have facts and data, instead of just making stuff up because it sounds good. [/quote]

Even if your information and math are correct, AND even if every joule that went into manufacturing, operating, and disposing of your Tesla came from renewable, non-CO2-emitting sources (and every joule that went into those sources likewise came from renewable, non-CO2-emitting sources, and so on a la "turtles all the way down"), then there would still be the harmful environmental/climate effects of car-dependent land use.

Of course, to reduce your carbon footprint even compared to transit, you should use a you-powered bike for all of your trips to destinations that are 3 miles or less away (assuming that you're able-bodied, or disabled but able to ride a bike). And what really helps with that is...land use where lots of stuff is within 3 miles of you.[/quote]

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