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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by thatfrenchguy on Saturday May 25, 2019 @06:49PM (#20011985)
There is actually. The US today has a CO2 emission per capita that's twice the CO2 emission per capita of Germany (not really a good example too). You'd also note that electric cars are also probably not a great solution because their total footprint is still around 15 to 30% of the footprint of a gasoline car (https://www.theicct.org/publications/EV-battery-manufacturin...) and we can't really afford that.
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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by imtringued on Saturday May 25, 2019 @07:00PM (#20012039)
I don't understand what we can't afford. Electric vehicles already have to be charged with carbon neutral electricity to reduce their emissions so it is not exactly a huge leap to expect that the electricity used to manufacture them is also carbon neutral.
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