• blazera
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    01 year ago

    you’re getting hung up thinking EV automatically means renewable energy. investing in EV’s in no ways shifts the method of powering them. Investing in renewable energy does that.

    • @Kage520
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      You’re technically correct on the surface. But people who get an EV are also probably more likely to get solar in their roof to charge that EV. I think your point though is that some states (I think Idaho?) power homes with fossil fuels, and buying an EV there will give the illusion of making a difference when it’s really about the same.

      I don’t think most states are as bad as that though.

      • blazera
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        21 year ago

        I think your point though is that some states (I think Idaho?) power homes with fossil fuels

        what? The US in general gets most of its electricity from fossil fuels by a huge margin.

        • @[email protected]OPM
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          The US is about 60/40 fossil vs non-fossil, with much better ratios in the places that the most EVs are being sold right now. This is also likely to greatly improve over the useful life of any new vehicle sold today.

          On top of that, EVs are much more efficient at turning electricity into motion than fossil cars are in turning gasoline into motion, so you end up with a reduction in emissions even in fossil-fuel-heavy parts of the US.

          • @ngdev
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            21 year ago

            As an EV owner, I don’t have solar panels but I do have a 100% renewable electricity provider. I have a feeling a good portion of EV owners do something similar, either with solar, 100% renewable electricity, or both

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          lol. Weird hill to die on for you but whatever. Anyone with half a brain knows we have to transition to EVs so that renewables can power transportation. But I guess that concept is impossible for you to comprehend.

          • blazera
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            11 year ago

            We dont have the renewables to power transportation. Theyre fossil fuel powered.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              lol my EVs are 100% powered by renewables. You know that renewables are now cheaper than traditional fossil fuels, right? It’s not 1995 anymore honey.

              • blazera
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                11 year ago

                Great, so why are we still getting most of our power from fossil fuels?

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 year ago

                  Are you asking why we haven’t switched to 100% renewables overnight unironically? It’s hilarious that you think your clueless points don’t make you look absolutely idiotic. Keep shoveling.