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Tesla's Gigafactory 4: Planting the Seeds of a Climate Paradox?

Tesla's mission to accelerate sustainable transportation faces an environmental challenge at Gigafactory 4. While electric vehicles are crucial for reducing emissions, deforestation for the factory's construction threatens to negate these gains. Mature trees act as carbon sinks, absorbing significant amounts of CO2. Clearing these trees releases the stored carbon back into the atmosphere, hindering progress towards climate goals. Furthermore, forests provide critical habitats for wildlife and maintain healthy soil, which deforestation disrupts. Tesla has committed to replanting trees, but it's a slow process. Established ecosystems take decades to mature, and the ecological impact of deforestation is immediate. Considering alternative locations with less ecologically sensitive landscapes could be a more sustainable solution.
Tesla gets green light from German court to chop down trees for its new Gigafactory

Tesla gets green light from German court to chop down trees for its new Gigafactory

Tesla wants to clear a plot of forest land to make way for its new Gigafactory based near Berlin.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/21/tesla-gets-german-court-approval-to-chop-down-trees-for-gigafactory-4.html




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  • George Kariuki

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    Exploring alternative locations with less ecological sensitivity could offer a more sustainable path forward.

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    • Patrik Lobergh

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      *sea

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      • Patrik Lobergh

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        It looks like this article is from 2020 and the factory is in place and producing electrical cars. A wide problem of a manufacturing plant like this is the water consumption, a very scarce resource in this region. Here I would encourage Tesla to think out of the box and transport water from the Baltic see through pipelines.

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        • Munene Mugambi

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          @patrik_lobergh indeed it is from 2020. Here is an article of climate protests against it's planned expansion which will deplete more resources that could go to better use in the country. https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/03/15/tesla-ev-gigafactory-drives-germany-latest-climate-justice-struggle/

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          • Patrik Lobergh

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            @munene_mugambi it is tricky, the German car industry is slow in adapting to affordable electrical cars and builds very expensive and heavy vehicles. Tesla and Chinese EV manufacturer builds better value for the money vehicles.

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