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The US Grid is an 18% coal mix... ... and no new coal plants are being fired to support electric vehicles. Coal turbines at scale are efficient when compared
by smileysteve 3y ago
The US Grid is an 18% coal mix...
... and no new coal plants are being fired to support electric vehicles.
Coal turbines at scale are efficient when compared to thousands of internal combustion engines.
Combine that efficiency with scrubbers and lined waste retention ponds for any plant built in the last 50 years.
It's also not an either/or; A person buying an electric car can vote, support, or install (or offset credit) renewables.