28 December 2022

Electric Cars, Emissions, and Costs

From Power Line, we get the following observation. Guess What: Electricity Isn’t Free

One of my favorite indicators of ignorance are the people who buy personalized license plates, or affix stickers, for their electric cars that say “Emission Free.” Even if you ignore the enormous environmental impacts associated with manufacturing an electric car (which are significantly higher than a gasoline-powered car), if you live in a state that generates a lot of its electricity from coal, you are essentially driving a coal-powered car.

And in Europe, electricity is becoming more expensive, to the point were that "expensive gasoline" is actually cheaper.

That price range is three- to -four-times higher than the average cost of electricity in the U.S. Still want to copy Germany’s energy policy?

Click thru for the rest of the story. (Hat tip to Maggie's Farm.)

See my other two posts from today on the subject of electric vehicles: Park a Sparky Car in My Garage? Not Likely and Tesla Won't Charge at 19 Degrees

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