Your "Clean" Electric Vehicle May Not be as Clean as You Think It Is.
Here's Why.
My name is Casey McLaughlin, I am a high school student and this is my site.
The main focus of this website is give attention to the problems the environment faces due to how the electrical grid is still powered.
My site is purely informational and does not intend to offend.
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About 4 out of 10 of power plants in the US run on coal, and when coal is burned to power electric cars, a little over 1.6 times the amount of CO2 a gas car would have emitted is released into the air. A little less than 3 out of 10 power plants in the US run on natural gas, and when natural gas is burned to power electric cars, there is 80% as much CO2 released into the atmosphere. This means that when coal and natural gas are being used to power electric cars, there is 1.28x the amount of CO2 being released into the air, which happens in two-thirds of all the power plants in the US (about 1 in 10 power plants in the US run on clean, renewable energy) since the rest goes to nuclear and renewables (EPA). When renewables are added into the picture, the electric car wins out over gas cars, and on average emit 10% less CO2 than gas cars.