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Would switching from gas to electric vehicles really help the climate issues

Terigi Ciccone
USA
2022
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First, batteries do not make electricity – Batteries simply store electricity produced elsewhere. The electricity stored in them is primarily generated by coal, nuclear, natural gas, diesel-fueled generators, or hydro.

Since forty percent of the electricity generated in the U.S. is from coal-fired plants, 40% of the EVs on the road are coal-powered.

Einstein's formula, E=MC2, tells us it takes the same amount of energy to move a two-thousand-pound gasoline-driven car a mile as it does an electric one. So, the only critical environmental question is what fuel produces the power? To reiterate, energy does not come from the battery; the battery is only the device to store it. A battery is like the gas tank in your car.