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[-] elihu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

EVs tend to beat internal combustion cars even when the electricity comes entirely from fossil fuels, since the big power plants tend to be able to convert heat to electricity much more efficiently than a car engine can. But we don't get all our power from fossil fuels these days -- renewables, nuclear, and hydroelectric are all producing a significant portion. Depending on where you are it might be about half fossil fuels on average, but with huge regional variation.

We do need to transition away from fossil fuel power generation, but that's a thing we can do in parallel to replacing our vehicle fleet.

(We also need to drive a lot less and use smaller vehicles on average, but that's another topic.)

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