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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by XorNot on Friday April 21, 2023 @07:45AM (#35652358)
I could not be more bored by people who go off on the indirect emissions tangent. Because it always mysteriously winds up at "so anyway, buy a vehicle/house/plane/whatever which directly burns fuel and will thus never be green".

It's an argument pushed by fossil fuel company's because it pretends the world is static and unchanging, as though the energy mix of the electrical grid can't vary, or that changes in fuel source and process for mining operations to be cleaner wouldn't drastically effect downstream users overall emissions profile.

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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by richiebful1 on Friday April 21, 2023 @09:27AM (#35653400)
It's always been my hope that my state (Kentucky) would get on board with EV's. A really smart marketer could court the powerful coal interests in the state and start selling EV's on the premise that they are powered by coal here. Eventually the power mix would change to be more sustainable
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