"Just" buy an EV ... I'm very confident that most (at least 99%+) people who buy/own an EV cannot perform a calculation that compares, for instance, the cost of driving an EV a mile vs. driving a ICE a mile. There are many parameters involved but many can't even understand the relevant concepts. I truly believe a lot of them think the en…
"Just" buy an EV ... I'm very confident that most (at least 99%+) people who buy/own an EV cannot perform a calculation that compares, for instance, the cost of driving an EV a mile vs. driving a ICE a mile. There are many parameters involved but many can't even understand the relevant concepts. I truly believe a lot of them think the energy used by an EV just "comes out" of a wall socket, like magic. That's all there is tonite.
I've wondered about that myself - how many EV drivers understand what sources of energy are used in charging their car? I'm not putting down EVs, I'm just wondering to what extent people understand what it takes to charge their car.
I once used figures from PJM, a regional transmission organization that covers many Eastern states, to estimate what energy sources are used to generate the electricity for a 240-mile round trip in a Tesla EV. The answer: about 10 pounds of coal (1.5 gallons), 217 cubic feet of natural gas, and nuclear energy creating about 64.4 milligrams of nuclear waste.
"Just" buy an EV ... I'm very confident that most (at least 99%+) people who buy/own an EV cannot perform a calculation that compares, for instance, the cost of driving an EV a mile vs. driving a ICE a mile. There are many parameters involved but many can't even understand the relevant concepts. I truly believe a lot of them think the energy used by an EV just "comes out" of a wall socket, like magic. That's all there is tonite.
I've wondered about that myself - how many EV drivers understand what sources of energy are used in charging their car? I'm not putting down EVs, I'm just wondering to what extent people understand what it takes to charge their car.
I once used figures from PJM, a regional transmission organization that covers many Eastern states, to estimate what energy sources are used to generate the electricity for a 240-mile round trip in a Tesla EV. The answer: about 10 pounds of coal (1.5 gallons), 217 cubic feet of natural gas, and nuclear energy creating about 64.4 milligrams of nuclear waste.
... all there is to it.
I know!