silence7MtoClimate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish·2 months agoA Small Electric SUV Produces 52% Fewer Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions than a Comparable Gasoline Vehicle(www.energy.gov)external-linkarrow-up1143arrow-down14message-square34file-textfedilink
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkA Small Electric SUV Produces 52% Fewer Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions than a Comparable Gasoline Vehicle(www.energy.gov)silence7MtoClimate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish·2 months agomessage-square34file-textfedilink
The emissions from the EV are largely because we’ve not yet gotten fossil fuels out of electric generation.
minus-squareswampdownloaderEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·2 months agolinkfedilinkDepending where you are, a lot of those “green” supply contracts in the US are worthless RECs like overnight wind surplus in Texas, sold to consumers elsewhere (in an entirely different grid). In which case I would argue they are greenwashing.
Depending where you are, a lot of those “green” supply contracts in the US are worthless RECs like overnight wind surplus in Texas, sold to consumers elsewhere (in an entirely different grid). In which case I would argue they are greenwashing.