Suppose you are trying to reduce carbon emissions for your family and you have $ 40,000 to spend. Which cuts emissions more buying an electric car of putting solar panels on your house. I live in Massachusetts and have a southern facing roof.
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I believe that Solar Panel are a good and positive investment. I think that everyone in the world should turn to solar energy because Nuclear energy is dangerous, and in emergencies the chemical cannot be disposed of or avoided. Solar energy is safer to life on this planet and our environment.
Really want to get your moneys worth of carbon reductions for the $ $ ? Since you’re probably getting electricity from Falls River coal power station, I’d first suggest: Double or triple pane windows, more insulation, higher efficiency appliances, heat pump, solar hot water, yes, even those swirly light bulbs will reduce carbon emissions more than solar panels or electric vehicles. ONLY after all those and more are completed would I suggest solar or electric vehicile, and only the electric vehicle if you plan on charging it mostly at night.
The production of solar panels is extremely damaging for the environment, the amount of fossil fuels saved on the long term arent enough to justify this.
When you buy a electric car, the emissions needed to produce the electicy are just emitted elsewhere, probably in a coal or oil burning electicity plant.
I would just save the money for something important, instead od trying to save the world all by yourself…
It will depend on the amount of driving you do, and the amount of electricity your house uses. It will also depend on where you get your electricity from now. If it’s all generated from Hydro or Nuclear, than there is no carbon to save.
For myself, the rooftop system was an unambiguous winner on all counts. But bear in mind that I live in California and get considerably more sun than you, and also, probably drive less than 2000 miles a year (I bike to work and most errands).
I would do your house with all the tax cuts and most of the electric cars are not yet efficient enough for me.