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People arguing about the price of gas, but as soon as someone mentions driving an EV they're "stupid" and woke

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[โ€“] jonne@infosec.pub 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plus, burning fossil fuels in a dedicated generator in optimal conditions, then converting that to electricity, transferring that electricity over the grid to an electric car generates less emissions than burning it straight in an ICE engine to convert it into kinetic energy. Even if you ignore all the fossil fuels that are burned during extraction, transport and conversion before it gets to your local petrol station.

[โ€“] jballs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Exactly. Even if you're not using renewables to charge your EV, they're still significantly more fuel efficient due to the gains you get from producing energy in a power plant instead of through a small engine. I read somewhere that an EV with a 300 mile range is using the same amount of fuel to charge as if you were burning 3 gallons of gasoline.