silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agoA Small Electric SUV Produces 52% Fewer Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions than a Comparable Gasoline Vehiclewww.energy.govexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1135arrow-down1external-linkA Small Electric SUV Produces 52% Fewer Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions than a Comparable Gasoline Vehiclewww.energy.govsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-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-up1·3 months 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.