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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by sidewndr46 on Friday April 21, 2023 @06:22AM (#35651816)
It's particular ironic in China, where >50% of their domestic energy production is apparently from coal. That being said, it could improve metro air quality a large degree because I'm guessing coal power plants aren't built in downtown Beijing.
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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by adrianN on Saturday April 22, 2023 @01:31AM (#35663656)
China's CO2 intensity is about 550g/kWh currently (and falling rapidly). An EV takes about 15kWh/100km. That's less than 90g/km. About as much as a Prius.
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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by sidewndr46 on Monday May 01, 2023 @10:51AM (#35773573)
I don't really see what CO2 has to do with the point I am making. It's massively better for air quality to have the coal burnt at a distant powerplant than to have a car burning coal (or fossil fuels) in downtown Beijing.
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