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Electric Vehicles: What Is Really Stopping Them from Becoming Mainstream? (www.thedetechtor.com)

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There is no doubt that electric vehicles are the future, as the way we get around and produce electricity is transitioning away from fossil fuels, and towards cleaner and greener alternatives. The entire transport sector accounts for 21% of total CO2 emissions and road travel alone accounts for 15% of total CO2 emissions so getting electric vehicles onto the roads is definitely a priority in tackling the climate crisis. However, they're not perfect, and they are faced with obstacles that are stopping them from becoming mainstream.

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[–] olbaidiablo@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 years ago (2 children)

You second point is completely wrong for many areas. My area, for example, 70% of my electricity comes from hydroelectric dams, 20% renewables (wind, solar), 5% nuclear, and 5% methane (some of which comes from reclamation from farms). I don't think there is a large scale gasoline generator in the country, same story for coal.

[–] Warble@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 years ago

not to mention they're more efficient, watt for watt

[–] southerntofu@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 years ago

You second point is completely wrong for many areas.

Not sure about "many". Most of the world doesn't run on any form of renewable energy. And what you call "renewable" (in official statistics) is far from pollution-free: for example massive wind turbines (compared to smaller ones producing more local, but less electricity) are a pollution nightmare... how many gallons of gasoline does it take to produce a single wind turbine? ;)