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Where I live I have the option of 100% community solar, or 100% wind (wind via credit transfer). For me, moving to an all electric vehicle would be a pure carbo
by TehCorwiz 10y ago
Where I live I have the option of 100% community solar, or 100% wind (wind via credit transfer). For me, moving to an all electric vehicle would be a pure carbon reduction.
- jonknee 10y agoAnd even in areas where this is not the case today, it could be in the future (coal plants are shutting down all the time). There is no chance an IC vehicle can become clean in the future.
- Noughmad 10y agoWhile I agree with the sentiment, IC vehicles have been getting cleaner for some time, and likely will continue in the future. They will never be completely clean, though.
- jonknee 10y agoI meant there is no chance your existing IC vehicle will get cleaner. If you buy a EV and your local coal power plant gets replaced with a natural gas fired plant, your car suddenly got cleaner.
- rhino369 10y agoI don't think purchasing Renewable Energy Credits really means you'd see a pure carbon reduction. Some (most?) of that wind power was going to be produced anyway. Buying their credits is just a subsidy. Though economics isn't my forte.