How many of you own an EV?
I know a few folks on here do. Have posted pics and relevant info etc. But with the proliferation of threads arguing about how great and economical they are, how many of y'all, especially the noisy ...
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Cptnvideo wrote:
The U.S. produces 15% of the world’s GHGs, transportation accounts for 27% of those emissions, and 57% of transportation emissions come from passenger cars and light duty trucks. That means if every car was an EV with batteries charged from a non-carbon emitting source, GHGs would be reduced by 2.3%. Only 39% of U.S electricity, however, comes from non-carbon emitting sources. Therefore, realistically, if every car in the U.S. was an EV, carbon in the world’s atmosphere would be reduced by less than 1%.
This is a quote from an engineer in a Fox News article.
There are a lot of assumptions made here and a less-than-complete view. One example: We live in a very populous area of Northern CA, and zero % of our electricity comes from carbon-emitting sources. We have biomass, geothermal, hydro, solar, and wind. We also have a small amount of nuclear coming from Diablo Canyon. We have no shortages, brownouts, or blackouts.
It would be great to see where those Fox numbers come from.