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EVs are an important move but they seem to get too much airtime: Worldwide EVs can remove at most 1/6th of the CO2. EVs definitely change our manufacturing base
by robocat 3y ago
EVs are an important move but they seem to get too much airtime: Worldwide EVs can remove at most 1/6th of the CO2. EVs definitely change our manufacturing base to be more electricity friendly, and they seem to be making consumers more concientious towards reducing CO2 usage.
Worldwide in 2020 (Gt = billion ton of CO2:
Electricity and heat 15.09Gt
Transport 8.08Gt
Manufacturing and construction 6.17Gt
Agriculture 5.70Gt
Fugitive emissions 3.25Gt
Buildings 3.00Gt
Industry 2.79Gt
Waste 1.56Gt
Land-use change and forestry 1.40Gt
Aviation and shipping 1.24Gt
Other fuel combustion 0.637Gt