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Originally Posted by DAIII
**not all electric vehicles depend on coal/power plants to operate them.
Those solar panels you see on homes in the sunshine state generate enough for the car and house.
The variance between... fuel prices jumping and SECO electric jumping is night and day.
I'd bet on electric.. and... solar if it were me. (wait it was me)
My first home had electric heat and I was terrified... until they told me it's 100% efficient. (not many oil/gas systems are 100% efficient)
A reason why electric vehicles are so hard to buy right now. - it's the future.
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You are ignoring the inefficient part of the equation. If the electricity is generated by using fossil fuel those efficiencies are around 30 to 45% at the power plant. When using fuel oil to heat your home it is about 90%. Electric strip heaters are one of the most expensive ways to heat your home.
However, an ICE is about 30% efficient which is one of the reasons why electric vehicles are often cheaper to operate than ones that use gasoline.