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About That Scary “EVs Cost More To Fuel” Study… NOT! (cleantechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee to c/evs@lemmy.world

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A report says “fuel” for EVs cost more than gasoline. Was it prepared by a bunch of orangutans sitting in front of computers? No, it was done by Anderson Economic Group.

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[–] Nomecks@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

It's more expensive if you sit at a 50 cent-per-minute super charger and go to 100%. It's a fraction of the cost if you don't act like an idiot.

[+] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml -11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But we still power them with coal

[–] Spiral3839@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you under the impression that people pushing for EVs aren't also pushing for power plants to go green? I'm sorry this isn't a video game where we can just replace literally every source of coal power in the exact same motion.

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whenever people talk about EVs, they always conveniently leave out the fact that the cars will still pollute the atmosphere.

Happy motoring!

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Not always. In the pnw where I'm at we get the vast majority of ouelr electricity from hydro and other renewables. There are plenty of other places where evs wouldn't be powered by dirty energy.

[–] vita_man@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not always the case. I was able to change my electricity source to 100% renewable through Appalachian Power. I also have solar panels to directly offset some of my home energy usage.

[–] WhiteRice@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It is vastly more efficient to power from electricity generated by coal than it is to burn gasoline in a car. Think of all that heat just going into the air.