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No, it's approximately the same. If you get your electricity from 100% coal your emissions will be about the same as a gas burning car. Most places don't use s
by erikpukinskis 10y ago
No, it's approximately the same. If you get your electricity from 100% coal your emissions will be about the same as a gas burning car.
Most places don't use strictly coal for electricity generation though.
- cnvogel 10y agoYes, maybe you even burn more fossil fuel because of transmission loss. But one might still gain on better filtering of dust/particulates in the exhaust which is a major problem in German inner cities. (I'm not advocating the use of coal energy to power electric cars, just mentioning that there are more aspects.)
- witty_username 10y agoCoal plants can run more efficiently though.
- Gibbon1 10y agoMy take, correct me if I'm wrong but switching to electric transport means electric power consumption goes up by 25%. Nothing says we need to build more coal fired plants to provide it.
- Reason077 10y agoAccording to Marc Tarpenning (Tesla founder), EVs produce less carbon than combustion vehicles, even if 100% of the power is generated by coal: https://youtu.be/hf15nMnayXk?list=FL68WumAcUAWIBaxczXoR-1Q&t=278 https://youtu.be/hf15nMnayXk?list=FL68WumAcUAWIBaxczXoR-1Q&t... The reason is that combustion engines - even modern ones - are very inefficient and lose most of the energy they produce to heat. Large coal plants are efficient by comparison, and EVs themselves are extremely energy-efficient even when considering grid losses etc.