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Re:Tesla Model Y by tibbon on Friday March 15, 2019 @08:35AM (#19399082)
Depends where you live and drive. Some states like Vermont get almost all of their energy from renewables.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/24/climate/how-e...

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Re:Tesla Model Y by volkl48 on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:27AM (#19399975)
It's worth noting those graphs are about what power is generated in-state, not what power is consumed in-state.

In VT's case, they shut down a nuclear plant with no in-state replacement for the power, and now they buy 60% of their power from out of state. A lot of which comes from Hydro-Quebec, so it's often still renewable in their case.

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