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There is an advantage to electric cars here though. If you don't need to wait while the vehicle charges electric vehicles are a lot more attractive even with re
by space_fountain 10y ago
There is an advantage to electric cars here though. If you don't need to wait while the vehicle charges electric vehicles are a lot more attractive even with relatively small batteries.
- Neliquat 10y agoElectric cars just pollute upstream, and even with solar, that does not seem like a solved problem just yet.
- grzm 10y agoYes, there are still issues with electricity generation. Expressing this as just pollute upstream ignores or dismisses the efficiency improvements of large scale power generation over per-vehicle internal combustion engines.
- Qwertious 10y ago"Electric cars just pollute upstream" Not quite true - generating upstream is much more efficient, since the power plant doesn't have the weight restrictions that a car (which needs to haul itself around on four wheels efficiently) has. So even if power plants didn't ditch fossil fuels, electric cars are largely a step up. That said, we are moving heavily towards renewables, and charging isn't time-critical so peaking power sources like Wind will be more than good enough.