• 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