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But same can be applied to electricity. Yes you can get green electricity nowadays but majority is still produced by old fashion power stations.
by Gonzih 13y ago
But same can be applied to electricity. Yes you can get green electricity nowadays but majority is still produced by old fashion power stations.
- a-priori 13y agoDepends where you are and your definition of 'green'. In Ontario, right now we're running on: - 57% nuclear - 25% hydro - 14% gas - 3% wind - 1% coal - <1% other (mostly natural gas, apparently) If you consider nuclear, hydroelectric and wind to be 'green' (in the sense that they don't produce CO2), then we're running on 85% green power in Ontario right now. Source: http://media.cns-snc.ca/ontarioelectricity/ontarioelectricity.html http://media.cns-snc.ca/ontarioelectricity/ontarioelectricit...
- marvin 13y agoI don't understand why there is so much controversy and disagreement surrounding this question. Electric cars are a requirement for a sustainable energy economy. Where the energy comes from, doesn't really matter in the short term as long as it comes from renewable or nuclear energy in the long term. Regardless, people claiming that electric cars aren't green because the electrical power is often produced from fossil sources, conveniently forget that a lot of fossil fuels are spent producing petroleum fuels. You don't just stick a straw into the ground and have gasoline pour automatically into every gas station in the world. First, you have to have survey teams (often offshore) find oil. Then you have to build the production infrastructure to get it out of the ground. Then you have to add water injection and other tricks to get it out of the ground. Then you have to transport it to a refinery. Then you have to refine it. Then you have to transport it to gas stations. So it's not as easy as some of the naysayers claim.