Something for nothing
September 11, 2021 at 8:05 am
(This post was last modified: September 11, 2021 at 8:07 am by onlinebiker.)
Calling electric vehicles is if not dishonest at least very misleading. The sort of people who drive them and brag about how " enviromentally clean" they are are less than honest as well.
Fact is the " clean energy" they are using comes in the most part from power plants that burn fossil fuels (60%). The other largest single producer is nuclear (21%) Renewables 19%. But - you need to factor in the energy needed to get the equipment needed for rebewables as they rely on other sources of energy in manufacture (80%).
Electric vehicles are cool - no doubt. I' m building one. ( off road stealth vehicle for hunting - still in development - but got my first ride on it this week. Very torquey).
But pretending they are " zero emmissions" is denying the truth.
Somebody somewhere has to breathe the pollution you are responsible for with your EV.
Fact is the " clean energy" they are using comes in the most part from power plants that burn fossil fuels (60%). The other largest single producer is nuclear (21%) Renewables 19%. But - you need to factor in the energy needed to get the equipment needed for rebewables as they rely on other sources of energy in manufacture (80%).
Electric vehicles are cool - no doubt. I' m building one. ( off road stealth vehicle for hunting - still in development - but got my first ride on it this week. Very torquey).
But pretending they are " zero emmissions" is denying the truth.
Somebody somewhere has to breathe the pollution you are responsible for with your EV.