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Environment & Energy

NNadir

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1. In most places on the planet, including where I live, an EV is merely...

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:04 AM

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...a switch from petroleum to gas and coal.

On the PJM grid, my grid, the carbon intensity of an EV is higher than an internal combustion engine powered car if one includes embodied energy as I noted elsewhere in this forum citing a paper on the topic.

There isn't enough cobalt on the planet to replace all the internal combustion engine powered cars on this planet to EVs in any case.

The car CULTure is not sustainable under any conditions.

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