Climate Change: Is Tesla Really Making a Positive Impact? + How Tesla is Moving EV Adoption Forward

Climate Change: Is Tesla Really Making a Positive Impact? + How Tesla is Moving EV Adoption Forward

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[mikedagenais]

We must also factor in the effect Tesla has in regard to opening people's minds to potential of alternates that are sustainability!

[paulfun]

The industry has been forced to switch from ICE to EV's way before they otherwise would have thanks to Elon. The "Tesla Effect" big picture-wise is incalculable.

[googadisbeotches]

I see the usual fud argument is here in the comments section but what they don't ask is what about the fact it takes far more energy to refine gasoline of course in comparison to diesel and really all the Cobalt used which is far more than what Tesla would ever use in many lifetimes which means their argument is not only moot but they do not have a leg to stand on in any of their arguments since they're far too many daily deaths and suffering worse which is no concern of theirs since their goal is to confuse the public away from what is right and best to continue to line their pockets against our lives whereas we the knowing public do what's by far much better overall not only for ourselves but all those and everything around us!

[TheDigitalDashLive]

Great video! However, since you were discussing how Tesla has an impact on the global climate crisis, I feel that battery storage and solar power should’ve been included 100%. Tesla is not just an automotive company, and I think the impact they are having is much greater when it comes to playing solar and battery storage worldwide.

[Thoughmuchistaken]

I'm planning on buying an ebike this year to take the place of my car for a lot of daily errands, also hoping to install solar as well.

[DanDeGaston]

Tesla's largest impact, Battery technology. Tesla is pushing down the prices of battery storage making Solar and Wind much more viable options for energy production. I would recommend watching "Illinois Energy Professor" channel on youtube and you will see that Solar and Wind are now cost efficient because batteries are being produced and sold at <100$ per KWH.


Tesla just happens to also make an insanely fast and technologically advanced car that is fun to drive. Now I just hope they can add Android Auto or create a Android Wrapper for my screen so I can run apps on screen instead of being stuck with just the apps Tesla has chosen for me.

[jtjvvlr]

WHY FOCUS ONLY ON CO2? Its something that really annoys me and it's the reason the UK govt convinced everyone to buy diesel costing tens of thousands of premature deaths.

[Luis-vxtx]

Very fair video, but i should mention that Musk himself said that without a carbon tax, his efforts are gonna be fruitless

[Hiltsuk]

Great review definitely worth subscribing to you

[richardalexander]

When EV's replace ICE vehicles it will help, so will solar, and wind. Lets do what we can to support any improvements.

[McClarinJ]

No, water vapor is the leading greenhouse gas and the "hockey stick" graph of global temperature over time is bogus. That said, I think Tesla's leadership is inspiring.

[foodeater]

Great video! Just subscribed! Just curious, what kind of mic do you use?

[jedidjakor]

Well done, crystal clear. Hat off, big thank you.

[jimsmith]

How much CO2 is produced by the concrete in their factories?

[jtjvvlr]

People only seem to focus on the long term impact of CO2 rather than consider the damage pollution is actually doing to our lives now! If we focussed on air quality would we not reduce CO2 and save lives at the same time?

My Electricity comes from 100% renewables and so if I were to buy a Tesla it would truly be a green car: relatively speaking. Obviously, no car can be considered green when you factor in the environmental cost of construction.

[nickt]

as well as CO2 and pollutants ICE vehicles also produce heat directly - through their radiator, engine and exhaust systems
most of the 1 billion ICE vehicles on the road today are barely 35% efficient that means that 65% of the fuel is (mostly) lost as heat
the heat from inefficiently burning billions of liters of fuel per day is being pumped directly into the atmosphere adding to the "green house effect"
the electricity to power BEVs does not need to come from dirty coal burning power plants, we do have clean alternatives but only fossil fuels can power ICE (and hybrids)

[zwanzr]

More factors for vehicles: Tesla is about to grab a bigger slice of the pie the coming years.

What is missing from this video, is the production costs of ev's. Fake news media is always quick to point out that producing the battery is more polluting than the amount of co2 saved. Would be cool to see an in depth video about that.

Great video, good quality. ❤️

[Urgelt]

There are, actually, other greenhouse gases. One of them is water, and it's a *big* factor. Our emissions, by driving up global temperatures, result in putting more water into the atmosphere, too. Climatologists refer to this as one of several feedback loops operating on climate - multipliers that worsen the effect of human emissions. (Other feedback loops have been identified, shrinking ice cover and outgassing of methane clathrates being examples.)


Tesla's effect in reducing emissions is not very significant, to date. It's helpful, but even considering the push Tesla has given to other automakers, many of whom now have BEVs on the market or soon will, BEVs still account for something like 2% of global sales, or a bit less. That isn't getting the job done, not yet.


No other automaker has reached mass market production numbers for any of their BEV models; Tesla's Model 3 is the only mass market BEV thus far (I define 'mass market' as 100, 000 or more vehicles produced annually). The Model Y will soon be added as the second mass market BEV. VW is *planning* to introduce mass market BEVs in the near future, though how well those plans will be executed remains to be seen. Everyone else appears to be operating at niche production quantities, mainly useful to offset mileage and emissions penalties applied to their ICEV fleets in regulated jurisdictions.


Mostly, legacy automakers are clinging to their ICEV business models. So Tesla is charging ahead with its production ramp, eager to claim as much of the world's automotive market as it can before competitors catch up to its tech and its production volume. It seems to me that Tesla is poised to become huge over the course of the next decade. I will not be surprised to see them attain global sales larger than any other automaker. To judge from their stock valuation, I'm not alone in thinking this.


I agree that the Tesla Semi might turn out to be their most significant product when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But I want to point out a bit of a glitch in the analysis you presented.


In the US, there's a hard limit on semi+trailer+cargo of 80, 000 lbs. So the more the semi weighs, the less cargo can be moved and the more trips will be required, compared to ICEV semis.


We don't yet know how much the battery packs in the Tesla Semi models will weigh, but it'll probably be more than an ICEV drive train plus fuel. As a consequence, the emissions for ton-miles comparison might be misleading. If the Tesla Semi has to make more trips because it can haul less, we won't see it in MPG to eMPG comparisons, either.


What we *really* need to compare is the emissions required to move, say, a million tons of cargo one mile, or some other variation of cargo-tons-miles. Alas, I haven't discovered an analysis that fits the bill. So the true emissions benefit of switching to a Tesla Semi is somewhat opaque.


To get to that 'true' emissions benefit, we would also have to consider the source of the Tesla Semi's electricity. It's zero emissions only if the electricity it consumes comes from green energy sources. When it's tapping fossil fuel energy sources on the grid, it's still much more efficient from an emissions standpoint, but the emissions benefit of using the Tesla Semi is reduced.


That's a lot of number-crunching requiring data sources that are not easy to pin down globally. But it's possible for specific carriers with specific routes and cargo tonnages to pin it down, and I'm sure they'll be doing full cost-benefit analyses that consider emissions reductions and costs before they start replacing their ICEV fleets. We may never hear of it, though. Many such analyses conducted by corporations remain private.

[carlvankrieken]

The acidification of our oceans is the real problem...

[cucco]

Why is there no mention of emissions during car production at all? This has been the biggest stumbling block in reaching their goal of sustainability. I don't factor in energy production because where I live I can get green energy pretty much anywhere.