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an EV + home solar = 0g CO2. You can never do that with a hybrid. Plus that CO2 generation with an EV happens at a power plant and can be contained much easie
by r00fus 4y ago
an EV + home solar = 0g CO2. You can never do that with a hybrid.
Plus that CO2 generation with an EV happens at a power plant and can be contained much easier (or sidelined when enough wind/solar replaces it). Hybrids also still emit other toxic things like NO2, and require maintenance.
Finally, an EV is simply a better product than any ICE (hybrids included). They are faster, quieter, less stinky and require no trips to the gas station or mechanic. I simply can't go back.
- yread 4y agoSolar is not 0g CO2e. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969720370595 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00489... says it's 14-73g CO2e. Home solar systems are probably less efficient so it could be even more. Do you have a battery to store the solar as well? You should account for the CO2 from its manufacture and losses from charge/discharge, too. This paper https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8654984/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8654984/ says that solar+battery produces higher emissions than solar+power from grid