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According the the study by the Union of Concerned Scientists, an EV powered by 100% coal produces about the same CO2 as a 50mpg ICE car. Very few grids are that
by Tagbert 5y ago
According the the study by the Union of Concerned Scientists, an EV powered by 100% coal produces about the same CO2 as a 50mpg ICE car. Very few grids are that dirty. Once you get out of those areas, the EV is much cleaner.
- ashtonkem 5y agoEven West Virginia isn’t 100% coal fired, most states are far cleaner than a hypothetical 100% coal fired grid.
- wwtrv 5y agoIt’s not 100% but not that far off https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=WV#tabs-4 https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=WV#tabs-4 and it exports enough energy to fully power Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey (just an example for scale, all of those states produce most of their energy locally). Not trying to imply that we shouldn’t replace IC as well, but getting rid of coal powered plants seems like fairly low hanging fruit to me.
- ashtonkem 5y agoA few years ago I would have been inclined to say that economics would kill coal. Now it’s fairly obvious that coal lives due to political reasons despite it being an economic loser. It seems to me that it will be necessary to ban coal and force power plants to decommission their coal fired plants.