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> Consumer gas vehicle make up a TINY fraction According to [1], transportation is 26% of greenhouse emissions, of which over half is passenger cars and light-
by geoka9 10y ago
> Consumer gas vehicle make up a TINY fraction
According to [1], transportation is 26% of greenhouse emissions, of which over half is passenger cars and light-duty trucks.
[1] https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emis...
- dcchambers 10y agoThose are US emissions only. What about China? India? The EU? As you can also see from that report, 30% of emissions come from electricity generation. If we all switch to EVs, expect that % from consumer vehicles to just flip to electricity. That can't be fixed until all our electricity is 100% renewable.
- i2amsam 10y agoIt can be improved as soon as average electricity generation is cleaner than internal combustion engines, which it is today.