• Esoteir [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    even if the only benefit from EVs is future proofing and transferring carbon debt from the car to the power grid, that’s still a huge boon since you can reduce a power grid’s CO2 production

    the moment cold fusion is solved every single EV becomes near-zero emission, the same cannot be said for carbon emitting cars, and for that reason alone every country with the means to do it should be trying to make sure the future average citizen’s cars can run on electricity

    • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      Forget fusion, China already has a significant portion of its national electrical grid on solar or nuclear. And while those aren’t zero emission energy sources, they’re pretty damn close to it.

      There are significant forms of pollution and carbon emissions associated with manufacturing EVs, especially their batteries, but between all of this China is both increasing their infrastructure and meaningful tackling emissions all at once.