Re:Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified
by floatrock on Monday July 09, 2018 @01:30PM
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A "coal-powered car" in the most coal-heavy electrical grids gets the equivalent of 39 MPG in terms of emissions, and that's the worst-case grids around Wisconsin and Illinois/Missouri. Places with high renewable penetration can get >100mpg.
So the worst case EV's are better than the smallest, most efficient ICE subcompacts.
And you can flip the map on that post between 2009 and 2016 numbers. You can see things are getting cleaner. They're getting cleaner because renewables are out-competing dirty coal. Yes, most of it is gas displacing coal (gas is marginally cleaner), but there are cases of renewables/storage outcompeting gas in terms of price.
It's not a hidden agenda -- it's pure competitive economics.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/dave-reichmuth/new-data-show-electri...
So the worst case EV's are better than the smallest, most efficient ICE subcompacts.
And you can flip the map on that post between 2009 and 2016 numbers. You can see things are getting cleaner. They're getting cleaner because renewables are out-competing dirty coal. Yes, most of it is gas displacing coal (gas is marginally cleaner), but there are cases of renewables/storage outcompeting gas in terms of price.
It's not a hidden agenda -- it's pure competitive economics.