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Originally Posted by hjnet
Then it would be fine, but at the moment I guess you'd need ~100mē (1100sqft) solar panels for ~15000km (10000mi) per year.
Generally we should rather try to reduce the size of our cars if we want to do something for the enviroment.
Double the weight means twice as much energy is needed, twice as much energy means twice as much CO2 (if electricity still comes from fossil fuels).
There's no need to carry 2.5 tons of steel around if you just want to go shopping  |
When we went to America we were shocked by the number of people driving huge vehicles, carrying 1/2 people. It's an American obsession to buy to impress and not for the purpose intended. In Europe people buy for the purpose and not to impress.
90% of the time all most people need are a small or medium size car.