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MPG equivalent externalizes fuel production, which when charging your car at night - is primarily done by burning coal. If you burned gasoline to make magic wi
by mike_d 5y ago
MPG equivalent externalizes fuel production, which when charging your car at night - is primarily done by burning coal.
If you burned gasoline to make magic wizard juice and then powered your car off of that, it does not make the car any better for the environment.
- martythemaniak 5y agoThis is a lie. My Tesla is nuclear powered. Nuclear provides baseload power which can't be easily spun or or down, so overnight power is almost entirely nuclear and carbon free.
- mike_d 5y agoAre you directly connected to this nuclear plant, or to the grid? Even as a baseline energy source nuclear accounts for a maximum of 19% of generation. 60% comes from burning dinosaurs in various forms.
- martythemaniak 5y agohttps://app.electricitymap.org/zone/CA-ON https://app.electricitymap.org/zone/CA-ON
- mike_d 5y agoIf you zoom out, you'll see that is the cherry picked exception, not the rule. The entire generation capacity of Ontario is 17 GW. You are correct, it isn't hard to go all nuclear and hydro for 3/4 the population of New York. That isn't the case in the rest of North America.
- DarmokJalad1701 5y agoDepends on the area. In my state, over 60% of production at night is from wind. I have solar at home and so I charge my car during the day. Besides, the average emissions per kWh of a large power plant is significantly lesser than several thousand smaller ICEs due to basic thermodynamics.