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An EV running half on coal is better than a gasoline car for carbon emissions. A similar story for heat pumps. China is more electrified than most Western nati
by ZeroGravitas 8mo ago
An EV running half on coal is better than a gasoline car for carbon emissions. A similar story for heat pumps.
China is more electrified than most Western nations and getting more so faster than Europe or the US:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-as-a-share-of-primary-energy?tab=line&country=OWID_WRL~CHN~JPN~USA~OWID_EU27 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-as-a-share-of...
- bocytron 8mo ago> An EV running half on coal is better than a gasoline car for carbon emissions. Source? Does that take into account full life cycle (including manufacturing)?
- ZeroGravitas 8mo agohttps://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/ev-fossil-cars-climate https://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/ev-fossil-cars-climate This even compares cars built in an unrealistic 100% coal grid, and fuelled on 100% coal grid. Driving 14k miles a year for 10 years a Tesla Model 3 built under those extreme conditions beats a gas Fiat 500