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Even producing electricity from non renewable in large power plants is better than using these same fuels directly: large power plants are much more efficient (
by wazoox 9y ago
Even producing electricity from non renewable in large power plants is better than using these same fuels directly: large power plants are much more efficient (close to 40% energy efficiency vs 30% for vehicle motors), and allow much more easily to filter out pollution, including CO2 capture. Sure going from diesel to coal would be bad, but going from diesel engines to diesel power plant would be a significant gain.
- varjag 9y agoIt is also a lot easier to shift centralized power generation (from coal to natural gas, to wind, import from neighbour countries) than across the fleet of millions privately owned vehicles.