Just going to make a brief comment. Unless you actually read the article, don't bother commenting. The article is pretty even handed and lands in favor of the EV by my reading. With the real science done at VA Tech, etc. scientists and not those with an axe to grind. It does bring up consideration of the emissions over the lifecycle of EV vs gas, which still favors EV, but not by the slam-dunk some would hope for. We are reminded that the mining, manufacturing, hazmat considerations, emissions from power production to charge the EV, disposal, etc. all need to be considered. From a purely physics standpoint, burning fuel to make electricity to charge and EV to avoid burning fuel is inefficient since you have wasted energy at each step. According to the study, with newer vehicles "...reduce emissions to below 1/1000th of a gram per mile", so you have to wonder if we're upside down on the conversion of fuel to electricity, especially when these calculations don't appear to address power transmission loses. Check out the Electrical Engineering Portal "Transmission" lose is about 17% while "Distribution" lose is about 50%
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