Not necessarily.Keep driving it is the better option when compared to buying a brand new car.
Your old car has embedded energy in it, the longer it is being driven by you or by another the more that embedded energy is diluted & by extension it's relative impact is reduced.
There is no safety issue, it has a NCT every yearTrue, but you also have to consider safety. My son was a passenger in his friend’s dad’s car which was involved in a heavy collision with another car traveling in the opposite direction.
Both cars were less than a year old and were extensively damaged to a degree that they were both written off. All the occupants walked away without a scratch but the assessor said that if the cars had been 10 years old or more, there would have been injuries.
Food for thought.
True, but you also have to consider safety. My son was a passenger in his friend’s dad’s car which was involved in a heavy collision with another car traveling in the opposite direction.
Both cars were less than a year old and were extensively damaged to a degree that they were both written off. All the occupants walked away without a scratch but the assessor said that if the cars had been 10 years old or more, there would have been injuries.
Food for thought.
That is one man's opinion, and not manufacturers, there is no rot etc on my car otherwise it would have been off the road years agoTrue, but you also have to consider safety. My son was a passenger in his friend’s dad’s car which was involved in a heavy collision with another car traveling in the opposite direction.
Both cars were less than a year old and were extensively damaged to a degree that they were both written off. All the occupants walked away without a scratch but the assessor said that if the cars had been 10 years old or more, there would have been injuries.
Food for thought.
NCT is a minimum standard of road safety, if even that. Yes ensuring the brakes work and the wheels are broadly pointing in the same direction is a good thing but the NCT is a low bar and far from perfect (as prime time found)There is no safety issue, it has a NCT every year
It’s nothing to do with the condition of a car relative to its original condition.That is one man's opinion, and not manufacturers, there is no rot etc on my car otherwise it would have been off the road years ago
I think you also have to factor in the type of driving you do as well, Mrs Cs car is an 07 Qashqai that has all the safety features she would need for the driving she does which is mainly in and around the Blackrock, Dun Laoghaire areaIt’s nothing to do with the condition of a car relative to its original condition.
Newer cars have better safety features than older ones. That’s the reality and something I think should be taken into account if considering whether or not to change cars.
It gets complicated when the potential energy output from your litre of fuel is looked at.Not necessarily.
There's eventually a tipping point when it's more environmentally friendly to buy a new car even allowing for the "sunk" CO2 and other environmental costs of the manufacturing of the new one. Here's one analysis, for example. There are plenty of others and, I'm sure, academic research on the matter.
New EV vs. old beater: Which is better for the environment?
EVs require more energy to build, but they are far more efficient to operate.www.arstechnica.com
There was a study that did factor that in, finding lifetime carbon emissions for EVs were lower except where the majority of electricity generation came from coal.From what I can see this is not taken into account when comparisons are made.
Is there a link to the actual report? I'd like to see the data.There was a study that did factor that in, finding lifetime carbon emissions for EVs were lower except where the majority of electricity generation came from coal.
It's linked in there and subscription required, but here it isIs there a link to the actual report? I'd like to see the data.
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