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Tree huggers are fucking the enviroment. Electric always sounds good but unless it's generated by Nucular power or hydro dams, the foot print is bigger than gas burning engines.
That's not exactly what the article says.
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In Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia...generate much of their electricity by burning coal, so consuming more electricity – by charging your electric car battery, for instance – significantly boosts carbon emissions.
... However, in the rest of Canada, driving an electric car is the greener choice, he found.
...The carbon emissions from electricity generation are measured in tonnes of CO2 emitted per gigawatt hour of electricity produced. That ranges from:
Close to 0 for hydroelectric, nuclear and renewable energy.
500 to 600 for natural gas power plants.
1,000 for coal-fired power plants.
For a given country or province, if average emissions were under 600 tonnes of CO2 per gigawatt hour, then switching from conventional to electric cars, buses and trucks will lead to a reduction in carbon emissions,
The problem isn't electric cars or "tree huggers", the problem as the article clearly states, is the continued archaic practice of burning coal in those 3 provinces. Even in a 100% Natural Gas grid there would likely be a benefit from electric cars.
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