• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Where you getting that from? Engineering explained I think calculated getting an EV is better CO2 wise after about 2 years with US average power generation. It’ll take longer than that to break even though if you have a dirty grid, or you get an EV with an enormous battery.

    https://youtu.be/6RhtiPefVzM

    • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      I’m not sure where my wife read it (she’s a phd in experimental physics with ecology training, and is thus no slouch + a realist) so I’d be surprised if it wasn’t from actual research articles in journals, and not a youtube video, but I’ll ask her