Are Electric Vehicles Really Environmentally Friendly? | Man on the Street

[Music] what's up you guys this is Aldo with prageru the California air resources board passed a new rule that would require 100 of new vehicle sales be zero emission by the Year 2035. we're here to ask people how they feel about this rule let's do it how do you feel about this ruling we've pronounced that like vehicle for sure I don't that's really great that's moving in the right direction you know I mean I think in theory it it makes sense you know I mean that that's great if they can accomplish that we need to be more Progressive on electric vehicles yeah like getting rid of gas what do you think of when you hear zero emission clean air clean air for the future over 60 percent of the energy that provides the the power to these electric vehicles comes from fossil fuels right so as do you think it's really fair to call it zero emission when sixty percent of the energy is coming from fossil fuels anyway I don't think it's fair to call it a zero emissions per se but I I don't think Dad necessarily discredites like any pushes towards like increasing the amount of electric vehicles and like stuff like that to say zero emissions it's kind of a dumb thing you know I mean because it just means more emission somewhere else so is it really zero emission or is it Shifting the emissions it's shifting for sure and so when you think about this this whole push for electric vehicles they often tell us it's to reduce Global Greenhouse emissions but right now you know China is responsible for 32 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions whereas the United States is only 12 and when you look at the breakdown of greenhouse gas emissions it's Transportation only accounts for 16 whereas industry as a whole manufacturing and food that accounts for 43 in Agriculture and Forestry accounts for 33 so these are big chunks and so does it make sense for us to change our lifestyles and to completely cut off the sale of combustion Vehicles when it's such a small amount of the greenhouse gas emissions I think it's a reality we need to move out from fossil fuels you know I don't know what to say like I mean at least we need to change that money set you know it's about changing the mindset to start using more sustainable ways you know when an electric vehicle comes off of the production line it's already responsible for over 20 25 000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions compared to 16 000 pounds for a traditional combustion engine and over the lifetime of an electric vehicle it will only emit three to five tons less carbon dioxide than a combustion engine how do you feel about that I think on the other hand you also need to think about how we're getting our gas because you're saying like it's kind of I think gas is still worse but sixty percent of the uh the power for electric vehicles is coming from those gases anyway so then maybe the focus goes back on well how do we create more efficient energy and whether that's nuclear or Hydro saw on the other side battery is going to be like not really good for the environment you know because the materials you're gonna use uh but yeah I don't know man while this is a very ambitious and you could say virtuous goal do you think it may be a little bit too simplistic to just say let's stop the sale of combustion Vehicles by 2035. yes absolutely does it surprise you that a third of the carbon dioxide emissions in electric vehicles comes from the production of the vehicle itself that's definitely surprising I haven't heard that stop before yeah yeah that's interesting I've I haven't heard that either so did I did I make you guys think a little bit today about it for sure okay yeah well you guys that's a wrap if you enjoyed this give us a thumbs up and share this video with your friends let us know what you think about EVS in the comments below be sure to follow me and Prager you on all social medias and just so you don't miss out on any more videos like this head on over to the App Store and download the prageru app see you guys in the next video [Music] it's that good La tap water you guys pray for me hey guys thanks for watching this video prageru is a 501c3 organization help us keep our videos free by making a tax deductible donation today I appreciate your support