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noosphryesterday at 11:09 PM2 repliesview on HN

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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ramidarigazyesterday at 11:19 PM

> 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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sitharusyesterday at 11:58 PM

Or majority renewable.