Sorry if this question has been dealt with. I did a search and didn't see it.
I am going to buy a 2013 Leaf once they are available in Canada, but I need a question answered. I have a couple of friends who say that the carbon footprint for the build of a Leaf outweighs all the benefits gained by driving one. They say that construction of a Leaf puts out a large carbon footprint, larger by a lot than the construction of an IC car.
I can't find anything to contradict this on the net and would feel better if I knew the answer to this.
We will likely drive about 6 to 8000 miles a year and I think our hydro here in BC is 6 cents a KW/h. And it is clean electricity from hydro electric sources.
I am going to buy a 2013 Leaf once they are available in Canada, but I need a question answered. I have a couple of friends who say that the carbon footprint for the build of a Leaf outweighs all the benefits gained by driving one. They say that construction of a Leaf puts out a large carbon footprint, larger by a lot than the construction of an IC car.
I can't find anything to contradict this on the net and would feel better if I knew the answer to this.
We will likely drive about 6 to 8000 miles a year and I think our hydro here in BC is 6 cents a KW/h. And it is clean electricity from hydro electric sources.