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Also in most countries of this world, charging an EV effectively means charging with a majority of energy derived from burning gasoline (or equivalents).

• bwanab 3y ago
  In most countries where EV adoption is progressing you can count on a turnover of electric power generation from fossil to non-fossil sources. As that happens, EVs become greener and greener. Gas cars are still going to be gas cars.
• grecy 3y ago
  You, ah, might want to check your numbers. Fully 70 countries in the world generate more than 50% of their energy from renewables [1], and it's climbing rapidly. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_renewable_electricity_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_renewable...
• vinni2 3y ago
  Electricity produced at scale using fossil fuels is more cleaner than ICE cars. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-15/electric-cars-seen-getting-cleaner-even-where-grids-rely-on-coal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-15/electric-...
• tzs 3y ago
  If you burn gasoline in an ICE car only about 30% of the energy of that gasoline ends up actually going to propelling your vehicle. The rest is mostly lost as waste heat. Burn it in a combined cycle power plant to convert it to electricity and there are still substantial loses to waste heat but much less than when burning it an ICE car. There will be some smaller losses in the power grid and charging infrastructure to get that electricity into your battery, and some small losses in your EV's electric powertrain, but in the end around 40% of the energy of the fuel ends up going toward propelling your vehicle.