Thursday 7 January 2016

34623km, 3258 litres of fuel NOT burned, 8466kg CO2 NOT polluted


Adis Cengic tweeted about his non-polluting electric car:


Tesla retweeted, @ which point, a nay-sayer chimed in:


Not sure what, “generate the power plants”, means, or how much CO2 (carbon dioxide) that would produce, but Adis Cengic tweeted again about the CO2 NOT produced by his electric car:


Norge (Norway,0 where Adis Cengic lives) has 98+% hydro electricity,1 plus some wind.2

Few places in the world are supplied by a grid with a carbon footprint as small as Norway. Running an EV on a substantially fossil-fired grid, the issues are quite complicated,3 but will still produce less CO2 than a fossil fueled car.4
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0  Wikipedia: “Norge”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norge


1  Hitchhikers Guide 2 Tech: “Nissan Leaf second generation”, http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2014/04/nissan-leaf-2013.html


2  Wikepedia: “Renewable energy in Norway”,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Norway


3  HHG2Tech - Long: “Why does an electric car generate less carbon dioxide than a petrol powered one?”, http://hhg2t-long.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/why-does-electric-car-generate-less.html


4  Hitchhikers Guide 2 Tech: “Settled: electric vehicles are cleaner than their fossil-fuel-burning cousins”, http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/its-settled-electric-vehicles-are.html

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