I have shown in my latest scientific article how photosynthesis is endothermic which means that it absorbs heat while producing O2 from CO2. So forests, green areas… cool down the climate. While the principle of carbon compensation is well minded, there is a large potential for more growth of plants that means we don’t need more plantations to absorb CO2.

So electric vehicles reduce the opportunities for plant growth and for climate cooldown, explaining the rise in agricultural prices (at the supermarket) these recent years and the rise in temperatures. But there has been a tenuous relapse since a few months. The share of electric vehicles has receded slightly. And it shows up in ice levels in the Arctic already.

Germany has recently cut all its subsidies for EVs and hopefully more countries will follow, allowing for a return to better climatic prospects in a sustained way.