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This is a good point. But electricity is still largely produced by fossil fuels. So if one is selling an efficient (30+ mpg) ICE car that they own to buy a new
by the_gastropod 7y ago
This is a good point. But electricity is still largely produced by fossil fuels. So if one is selling an efficient (30+ mpg) ICE car that they own to buy a new EV, the math may make less sense. At least for the short to medium term, anyway.
- cagenut 7y agoIndividual marginal efficiency arbitrage is the wrong mental framework for analysis of the problem at hand. We are not trying to burn carbon more efficiently, we are trying to stop burning carbon. We are not optimizing, we are solving for zero. An EV run on coal today will automatically inherent the solution as we decarbonize the grid.