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EV mandates are a scam. Powering them off coal and natural gas does nothing for carbon. We would need hundreds of new nuclear power plants in the US alone to go
by wakawaka28 2y ago
EV mandates are a scam. Powering them off coal and natural gas does nothing for carbon. We would need hundreds of new nuclear power plants in the US alone to go net zero. We need like 50% more electricity production to just go all-electric, not counting the excess needed to handle spikes in demand.
- sandos 2y ago"Powering them off coal and natural gas does nothing for carbon" - This is actually not true. Most of the time your grid is less than 100% coal, and because of the efficiency of EVs in total the CO2 emitted is still less. See here for example: https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/02/driving-on-electricity-is-now-much-cleaner-than-using-a-gasoline-car/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/02/driving-on-electricity-... Just a small quote: "Now, 93 percent of the country lives where the average EV is better than the most efficient gasoline vehicle (57 mpg)"
- wakawaka28 2y agoI never said the grid was 100% coal. But it sure is like 80% fossil fuels in the US, one of the greenest countries: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/ https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/ Now keep in mind, we need lots more electricity to power even a modest shift to EVs. Will your efficiency stats for EVs account for the energy used in building EVs to replace prematurely discarded gasoline vehicles, and building massive infrastructure everywhere to support EVs? Of course not. The officials pushing these impractical vehicles don't want you to think about all that.