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Shipping and processing oil isn't trivial either. At least with electric we aren't poisoning the nearby air.
by paulryanrogers 4y ago
Shipping and processing oil isn't trivial either. At least with electric we aren't poisoning the nearby air.
- nonethewiser 4y agoWell, not exactly. EV's still have emissions, they are just displaced. They happen at the power plant instead of the tailpipe. You would cause more pollution if the electricity was generated with coal instead of gasoline, for example.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoHence the word 'nearby'. And it's easier to replace fewer polluting sources via electricity.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoIt certainly isn't. But it's also already done. That doesn't make it better or worse, it just makes it a sort of benchmark for the infrastructure work required to replace that energy distribution system (based on liquid hydrocarbons) with something else.