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Depends a lot on how the electricity is generated. If most electricity is generated by wind and solar very different from if it was generated by coal.
by msh 10y ago
Depends a lot on how the electricity is generated. If most electricity is generated by wind and solar very different from if it was generated by coal.
- Gibbon1 10y agoAnd soon you won't have big daddy coal to kick around anymore. I think I saw a heat map that showed the CO2 footprint of electric cars based on location. Here is one, there is a huge variation between states. http://blog.wegowise.com/2012-06-26-your-cars-carbon-footprint-hybrid-vs.-gasoline-vs.-electric-cars http://blog.wegowise.com/2012-06-26-your-cars-carbon-footpri... The CO2 contribution from electricity is going to get better not worse, especially in states like California. California is hell bent to get off fossil fuels.
- fulafel 10y agoEven in the hypothetical case of clean electricity the lifetime co2 emissions are significant of resource intensive manufacturing, as roughly half of the lifetime co2 footprint happens in manufacturing phase. Better than gasoline powered cars, but not order of magnitude better. So we still can't have everyone driving cars in the future.