Comment by OldSchool
9 hours ago
IF the joules of energy in your EV battery came from gas-fired or coal-powered generation, a similar amount (~60%) was simply dumped somewhere else.
9 hours ago
IF the joules of energy in your EV battery came from gas-fired or coal-powered generation, a similar amount (~60%) was simply dumped somewhere else.
I wish we did more e.g. district heating with that waste heat in the US.
That means relatively dirty combustion near where people live. The population density around fossil fuel power plants tends to be pretty low in wealthy countries.
You can't pump hot water the same distance you can transmit electricity on HVDC towers.