YouTube’s Loaded With EV Disinformation::When it comes to articles on a website like CleanTechnica, there are two kinds of articles. First, there are the … [continued]

  • Phrodo_00@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    AND all the emissions associated with mining, refining and transporting the fuel

    Highly dependent on the grid you use to charge the car.

    • joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Not really though.

      If the grid is powered completely by coal, and the government has no plans to phase out said coal and the grid is going to stay all coal for the next 30 years. Then yes, in that case EVs aren’t a great choice.

      But like anything else and the “but the grid is currently not clean” arguments don’t really hold water.