I think that you're misquoting the article. 70% is not from coal - it's from a mixture:
"in 2015, 72 per cent of the electricity generated in Nova Scotia came from plants burning coal, pet coke, natural gas and oil." And the amount of renewables will go up to 40%, not 60%, and not until 2020. Also, renewables does not mean no combustion, so you could still have associated emissions. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 3, 2018, at 8:15 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >> Worse... energy created here to charge EVs still comes mostly from >> polluting sources: >> http://halifaxchronicle.can.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=034660fc3 > > Not true. Even that article points out that it was 70% coal but is now down > to 40% (60% renewables). SO that is not "mostly" anymore. And the grid is > getting cleaner every day... > > AND the most important argument is that an EV uses about 1/3rd of the energy > as a gasoline car for the same distance. AND more than half of all EV > buyers also buy CLEAN ELECTRICITY, either from their own solar, or by > subscribing to clean energy or Wind from their utility. So multiply 50% > coal times 33% energy use times 50% of EV's use only clean energy and you > end up with the AVERAGE amount of coal emissions to charge the AVERAGE EV is > only 8% compared to a gas car. ! > > Don’t buy-in to that dirty coal EV argument. It is nearly 92% WRONG. And > it is getting cleaner everyday! > > Bob, WB4APR > >> There is a somewhat valid argument that an electric car used in NS isn't >> that much better than a hybrid or even a gas car which lends some minds >> down here to think an EV really isn't worth it to buy or even give an >> incentive for. I have argued there is a lot more EV value than just C02 - >> where it is emitted, the lower cost of ownership, our infrastructure and >> attracting young talent will eventually suffer if we don't keep up with >> this modernization. > > Would love to hear your feedback! > > Cheers > Dan > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
