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Originally Posted by dyna mo
does he conserve? I know he bought that Volt, which dumped 20,000 tons of carbon on the planet.
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LOL! It's the JUICE, stupid!
You are the queen of bad science. Don't pretend that a gasoline vehicle can compete with an electric car in terms of carbon emissions. It can't.
Electric cars have different carbon emissions depending where in the world they are charged. In Canada where I live, the cost is 115 CO2e/km because most of our electricity comes from hydro and nuclear. In the united states, that cost is higher at 202 CO2e/km., but still nothing compared to Gas.
From Mediamatters.org:
Myths And Facts About Electric Cars | Research | Media Matters for America
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In states like Indiana that are heavily reliant on coal-fired power, hybrid cars cause fewer emissions than plug-in EVs, but EVs still cause fewer emissions than conventional gasoline powered cars. In areas where electric car sales are high, EVs are significantly more environmentally friendly than the national average. For example, the Los Angeles area is projected by Pike Research to have the second highest electric car sales in the nation over the next 5 years, and carbon emissions for all-electric cars there are nearly half that of the national average:
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