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But it's not any more sustainable than a good high-efficiency gasoline or diesel-only car. It’s at the moment not any better or even worse than the best gas or
by ugh 16y ago
But it's not any more sustainable than a good high-efficiency gasoline or diesel-only car.
It’s at the moment not any better or even worse than the best gas or diesel cars but I do think that it’s more sustainable. Cars with internal combustion engines will always have the same CO2 emissions. The day they leave the factory and twenty years from now. Electric cars are independent of any specific energy source and as a consequence have the CO2 emissions of the energy source they use. They are mostly coal or oil powered at the moment but it’s very much possible to turn them into nuclear powered cars in the future.
That’s why electric cars have the potential to be great.
- kijinbear 16y agoThis is really cool. For example, Canada's primary source of power is hydroelectricity (over 60%). Electric cars in large parts of Canada would be literally running on water!
- ax0n 16y agoFor the most part, that's true. It's mostly localized. Seattle, for example, gets nearly 89% of its electricity from hydro, and another 9% or so from nuclear and wind. In places like that, pure electrics start to make a lot of sense. There's still the issue with how the batteries are built, shipped and disposed of, most of which would make many green consumers turn pale with discontent.