Originally posted by Wonky
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Whereas the old banger's footprint is only down to the fuel and the repairs.
This is a hotly debated topic, and many greenies dispute it, but all the disputes I've read on it all assume that electricity is zero carbon, which it is nowhere near yet.
After many miles (numbers vary on the cars, but a figure of around 150,000) a newer car, may have a lower footprint than an older car. Unless you're talking about keeping the electric car for that long (which you're not as it's a lease), then buying a banger (Ford Focus/Golf/Skoda etc.) is going to be far greener.
The when you have enough cash in the company, you can think about it again. Although BIK is likely to be different, electric costs are likely to be different, and hydrogen (or other chemically derived energy source) will likely be on the horizon.
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