And I have yet to hear a convincing argument that taking my perfectly working vehicle off the road to buy another manufactured product is still more environmentally friendly than… not buying anything at all.
That’s because nobody is making that argument. The only statement I’ve ever heard from environmentalists/scientists is that the most beneficial thing to do is keep your old ICE car and maintain it well.
Not sure if this was a thing anywhere else but in some UK cities like London there were “scrappage schemes” that incentivised scrapping your car to replace it with something more efficient, which I always thought was missing the point
That’s because nobody is making that argument. The only statement I’ve ever heard from environmentalists/scientists is that the most beneficial thing to do is keep your old ICE car and maintain it well.
Not sure if this was a thing anywhere else but in some UK cities like London there were “scrappage schemes” that incentivised scrapping your car to replace it with something more efficient, which I always thought was missing the point
We had that in the US too, commonly called “cash for clunkers.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Allowance_Rebate_System
But I think it was really more about the economic stimulus than the environmental impact. But I’m sure the environmental side helped justify it.