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Originally Posted by T0RM3NT
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Originally Posted by H2O_Doc
Climate change has to be addressed and transportation is an important part of it. EVs, especially when more solar, wind, and other renewables are contributing to the grid, will be a significant reduction over ICEs. It's unambiguous.
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But, right now ~61 percent of electricity produced for those EV's comes from fossil fuels. So let's get rid of ICE's and go EV's? Which are ultimately powered by fossil fuels? That grid you speak of needs to mature, and a lot, before this is a reality. |
It's can still be a net carbon reduction because the ICE is so horribly inefficient. That a power plant is powered by fossil fuels doesn't mean that the EV that charges off of it doesn't represent a reduction in emissions over its gas powered counterpart.