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"The Prius paradox is the idea that when you buy that car, you might be saving energy and have cleaner air in the city since the car is not polluting much but on a global scale for companies to actually produce the Prius it takes more resources and polutes more than an average car. So what do you prefer…have cleaner air in your city or have cleaner air globally? Ofcourse there is only one atmosphere so the question is a little dumb."
"The Prius paradox is the idea that when you buy that car, you might be saving energy and have cleaner air in the city since the car is not polluting much but on a global scale for companies to actually produce the Prius it takes more resources and polutes more than an average car. So what do you prefer…have cleaner air in your city or have cleaner air globally? Ofcourse there is only one atmosphere so the question is a little dumb."
Also, this seems like a recycled talking point. Oil company "marketing research" groups had a similar argument against electric cars: Because you plug your electric car in at home, you're just moving the CO2 production to the powerplant with no benefit to the environment. But a large powerplant producing electricity wholesale is far more efficient then each car's engine. Plus the power source for your home could eventually be something non-pollutive like solar panels. And then there's the CO2 produced transporting the gas to each gas station.