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$100k electric sport cars aren't a real solution to global warming. Of course they are! With electric cars, it doesn't transmits carbon, plus it can get cheape
by kiba 14y ago
$100k electric sport cars aren't a real solution to global warming.
Of course they are! With electric cars, it doesn't transmits carbon, plus it can get cheaper energy from the grid. Of course, coal plants are still dirty, but they are more efficient than using gasoline in ICE, and ICE only converts like 30% to forward motion.
All that is left is to improve and drive the cost of solar panels into the ground until they are competitive with oil and coal.
- rdl 14y agoI haven't seen a good analysis of gas (from the ground) to ICE in mpg, vs. electricity from coal (in the ground) with grid losses and batteries, with the capital costs of the vehicles amortized. I'm not sure what the best comparison is -- dollars, kilos of CO2, other emissions, etc.? Obviously the US grid isn't even 100% coal, and we're presumably moving toward more and more NG and renewables at all times, but it would be interesting to quantify this over time.
- jacobolus 14y agoA few years old, but a pretty decent start to your “good analysis”: http://www.withouthotair.com/ http://www.withouthotair.com/