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Old 08-11-2023, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive View Post
I wonder--do people really know how that electricity they use in their EVs is generated? It is not the squeaky-clean, totally environmentally friendly (whatever that means) power that some people seem to think.

According to EIA dot gov, the breakdown is as follows:

FOSSIL FUELS: 60.2% of the total, coal and natural gas mainly.

NUCLEAR: 18.2%

RENEWABLES: 21.5%. wind, solar, hydropower, etc., also includes biomass (wood, landfill gas) and geothermal.

All in all, not quite so clean as many of us seem to want to believe.
60% is better than 100% PLUS that 60% must be generated much more efficiently in order for the electric companies to charge us so little for the equivalent amount of energy. Not 100% clean, but nearly 50% cleaner?
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