This is something that always gets lost in these conversations.

Whenever you do the real world calculation for what an electric cars CO2 profile looks like it turns out to be the same as a gasoline car unless your country is majority nuclear.

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ramidarigaz an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> Whenever you do the real world calculation for what an electric cars CO2 profile looks like it turns out to be the same as a gasoline car unless your country is majority nuclear.

Not at all true: https://www.carboncounter.com/

US-specific but you can even pick a state and it will use the generation mix of that state

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noosphr 32 minutes ago | parent [-]

You charge your car at night.

At night the sun doesn't shine.

The mix is mostly coal or if you're lucky mostly gas.

This is the type of bullshit I mean by doing real world calculations.

	▲	lokar 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I charge during the day, from my rooftop PV panels. Over a year we are net negative on grid consumption.

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sitharus 30 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Or majority renewable.