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Re:Driving on electricity is cheaper than gas in all 50 states by relaytheurgency on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @05:23PM (#12738854)
How is the electricity in Oregon generated? I wonder what the carbon footprint of running an electric vehicle on coal is, especially when you include mining Lithium etc.
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Re:Driving on electricity is cheaper than gas in all 50 states by dver23 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @05:36PM (#12738953)
Mostly Hydro, Nat gas and renewable. Almost no coal.
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Re:Driving on electricity is cheaper than gas in all 50 states by agermanov on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @06:12PM (#12739210)
This says different: https://www.oregon.gov/energy/pages/oregons_electric_power_m...

33.65% is coal.

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