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> Similarly, electric cars in areas were power generation primarily comes from fossil fuels are worse for the environment currently. This is false. Internal co
by titzer 5y ago
> Similarly, electric cars in areas were power generation primarily comes from fossil fuels are worse for the environment currently.
This is false. Internal combustion engines are far less efficient than centralized coal or natural gas plants and are far worse in terms of both CO2 and particulate emissions overall.
You can read a news article reporting on an MIT study here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/26/lifetime-emissions-of-evs-are-lower-than-gasoline-cars-experts-say.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/26/lifetime-emissions-of-evs-ar...