If you have two products that are generally in the same classification and purpose, could the cost of product be considered to also be the cost of the oil burned to push that product along it's development and transportation?
Everyone from management, to the technicians and the truck drivers, require payment to participate in the production of the consumer products. They all have to drive to work, and get paid in dollars. In order to manage their life's have to expend on products that also pollute.
For green products such as EVs the manufacturing chain may have a higher carbon pollution than just the manufacturing chain it self. All the high salary engineers, developers, and project contributes get paid and spend it how they wish often just as liberal as anyone. Their private purchases and expenses all have their own oil and gas burning factors and supply chains. Even tho this rule applies to normal vehicles, often comparisons don't include the total cost of ownership. Therefore an expensive EV will have a more expensive ownership than a cheap used gas car, and a yearly greater contribution to carbon emissions.
If one product cost more than another product could you argue that the more expensive product has emitted more carbon?
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