New Study: Electric Vehicle Use Does Not Reduce CO2 Emissions
By Kenneth Richard on 27. July 2017
Negligible 4.9% Emissions Difference
According to a new paper published in the journal Issues in Science and Technology entitled “Electric Vehicles: Climate Saviors, Or Not?”, driving an electric vehicle (EV) rather than a conventional petroleum-powered vehicle effectively does nothing to reduce global-scale CO2 emissions.
This is because charging EVs on electricity grids that rely heavily on fossil fuel energy sources (coal) increases CO2 emissions. In coal-reliant countries like China and Japan, owning and driving EVs contribute significantly more to CO2 emissions than using petroleum-powered vehicles.
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