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There should be a law that electric cars can only be charged by wind or solar power.

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Nope. Even when charged by a typical North American mix of oil and natural gas powered generators, electric cars have HALF the carbon footprint of gasoline powered cars, as measured over the lifetime of a car. Here's a link to an analysis plus some pretty pictures; there are many similar analyses out there.

Electric cars have a FAR lower lifetime CO2 footprint and a FAR lower lifetime energy footprint. Since energy correlates closely to dollars, it means electric cars have a far lower total cost of ownership.

These graphs are for Vancouver CA in 2018, so energy costs are similar to the US; however energy is represented in megajoules - there are 3.6 MJ in a KWH, and 1 MJ = .37 horsepower hours. It assumes 150,000Km of travel over the life of the car, about 93,000 miles.

Lifecycle CO2 costs (these include extracting & transporting oil)

Lifecycle energy costs

Source: https://sustain.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/2018-63%20Lifecycle%20Analysis%20of%20Electric%20Vehicles_Kukreja.pdf
deadgerbil · 26-30, M
@ElwoodBlues it seems like these people want to be engaged in a pissing contest over who can waste more energy. The facts are clear as day but these people cry and moan in rejecting reality