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Old 08-12-2023, 04:47 PM
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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.
And that defines the problem to be solved ahead in the future. We as a country and a modern society need to work TOWARD more clean, green energy. I understand that nuclear energy has made great strides in safety. There is much research going on.