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This governments clean car package reminds me of the attached photo (plus have a read of the coal usage this year for the Huntly power station).
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This governments clean car package reminds me of the attached photo (plus have a read of the coal usage this year for the Huntly power station).
The cartoon is highly deceptive. The much larger amount of smoke coming from the power station (solely connected to the EV), than from the diesel car, suggesting the emissions of the electric car are higher.
Studies have compared combustion engine car's with electric cars charging on 100% coal. They found that the combustion engine cars still emit even in this situation. In short, even though coal is a higher emitting fuel, this is more than made up for by the relative higher efficiency of a very large stationary power plant, vs a small engine that is often operating out of it's efficient band.
In NZ the comparison is even more ridiculous. Cira 70% - 80% of our power comes from renewable. We are only running Huntley coal hard now due to two simultaneous black swan events in the power market. A dry year and natural gas production issues.
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