silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years agoA Small Electric SUV Produces 52% Fewer Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions than a Comparable Gasoline Vehiclewww.energy.govexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1external-linkA Small Electric SUV Produces 52% Fewer Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions than a Comparable Gasoline Vehiclewww.energy.govsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square28linkfedilinkfile-text
The emissions from the EV are largely because we’ve not yet gotten fossil fuels out of electric generation.
minus-squareswampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoDepending 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.