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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by jcims on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:30AM (#26064903)
Light duty vehicles make up about a bit over half of the transportation sector's 28% contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions.

https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/fast-facts-transportation-...

So if every personal vehicle on the planet was an EV charged by a renewable energy source, we would cut GHGs by ~17%

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by knuthsat on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:33AM (#26064957)
That's US where everyone drives everywhere. Now we do the same for Europe or China and the effect on the whole world ends up much less.
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