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Originally Posted by photon
Depends I guess, would have to figure out the emissions from gas car vs. the percentage of electricity from coal and percentage of that.
Or I just decide all my electrons for my electric car happens to come from the non-renewable sources and not worry until electric car usage exceeds non-renewable generation  |
The benefits of electric vehicles are more than just the ones for the climate. And there are other emissions from vehicles than just greenhouse gases. Even if coal use is prevalent, electric cars will still displace smog-generating and harmful emissions from densely populated urban centers to more remote rural areas where the coal generating stations are located.