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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
So yes, there may be carbon emissions in building each charging station. And there are carbon emissions in building each electric vehicle. There are also carbon emissions in building each ICE vehicle. The difference is, once all those things are built, the carbon impact for each of those things is over…banked. With an ICE vehicle you get an additional carbon impact every time you turn the key.
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Not so fast.
You're discounting power generation. In many cases you are just shifting emissions from the tailpipe elsewhere. I believe coal is still a quarter of power generation in the US, and as much as 70% on a per state basis. So where you buy and charge counts.
