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Re:India’s Messy Electric Vehicle Revolution by ggm on Thursday August 22, 2019 @11:51PM (#20774376)
Even with all those losses, the electric vehicle road trip is still better for the climate than driving a gasoline-powered car. Burning that much coal would release about 310 kilograms of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, compared with 350 kilograms by the 40 gallons of gasoline. Even though coal tends to emit more pollutants than oil for the amount of energy it generates, the efficiency of the electric vehicle, which recharges its battery with every brake, more than makes up the difference.

But.. the article doesn't say "CNG is better" It just says the worst-case costs in the US, for coal sourced power to charge the batteries.

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Re:India’s Messy Electric Vehicle Revolution by Mikeb85 on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:25AM (#20774502)
In India, most of the total power used is generated by coal. And yes, natural gas beats coal-powered electricity.
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Re:India’s Messy Electric Vehicle Revolution by ggm on Friday August 23, 2019 @03:00AM (#20775112)
Only if you disregard how natural gas is made. Fracking, and fugitive gas, and transport costs you don't seem to care about make CNG and LNG highly suspect.
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Re:India’s Messy Electric Vehicle Revolution by Gibbon1 on Friday August 23, 2019 @03:20AM (#20775207)
Not to mention while CNG is better than gasoline which is way better than diesel. Small internal combustion engines produce large amounts of air pollution.
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Re:India’s Messy Electric Vehicle Revolution by Mikeb85 on Friday August 23, 2019 @11:48AM (#20778820)
And there's no cost to mining coal? It also can't be transported through a pipeline like gas can.
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