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fair enough, but does anyone have any hard stats on this?

• mikeash 11y ago
  I ran the numbers in a comment a couple weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10527213 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10527213 The quick version is, a Tesla gets an equivalent of 26MPG or so for CO2 emissions on 100% coal, and twice that on my Virginia mix of 1/3rd coal, 1/3rd gas, 1/3rd nuclear.
  • marvin 11y ago
    And for this calculation to be completely honest, you also need to account for the energy required to produce gasoline. So even when considering the case of 100% coal-produced electricity, gasoline gets an undeserved advantage.
    • mikeash 11y ago
      I covered that in my comment as well.