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One stop-gap hybrid solution for a number of these issues would be a gas station that has a small power generation station powered by diesel fuel. This would c
by merraksh 11y ago
One stop-gap hybrid solution for a number of these issues would be a gas station that has a small power generation station powered by diesel fuel.
This would cancel out the ecological benefits of running an EV, even if the power station had more efficiency than a combustion engine.
- sevensor 11y agoYou've got to burn something. Much of the electric power used by EVs in the States comes from burning coal. Diesel is the clean option.
- merraksh 11y agoBut there are other sources: hydro, solar, wind, nuclear.
- mikeash 11y agoThe US grid is currently about one third coal, one third natural gas, and one third zero emissions (mostly nuclear). I doubt diesel is cleaner than an EV given that, even if you don't account for the fact that coal emissions happen far away from most people, while diesel happens in your face.