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Even if that’s true, the rhetorics of this article are sensationalist and extremely outrage-bait-ish. Also, these numbers seem completely meaningless. If we’re
by ch_sm 3y ago
Even if that’s true, the rhetorics of this article are sensationalist and extremely outrage-bait-ish. Also, these numbers seem completely meaningless. If we’re being pedantic for a second:
- EVs have infinite MPG, because they don’t use any gallons of gas.
- The number that matters is CO2 emissions per mile travelled + CO2 emissions for new vehicle production.
- For EVs, both those numbers depend completely and entirely on the emissions of the grid and industrial processes (which to a large degree also depends on the emissions of the grid).
So yeah, very weird article discussing a slightly weird policy.
- BGreer 3y agoIt’s interesting to read the rule update document that I linked to. It describes how all of these factors are taken into account, accounting for the current average grid sources, and some fudge factors for scarcity or differences in use.