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Are electric cars coal burning cars?
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There is a recently argument states that the electric vehicles are even less environmental friendly than the traditional fossil fuel using vehicles. EVs do not give out the same exhaust as engines, but the powers in their batteries come from power stations, and it's likely some of the electricity is from fossil fuel and that means emissions. In USA, most of the electric cars are in California and California generates essentially no electricity from coal. The main source of electricity in California comes from natural gas plants. This fossil fuel is not clean or renewable, but it is cleaner than coal, and using it produces less harmful air pollution. But in Georgia, the pollution is much worse, it is one of the states with quite a bit of dirty coal electricity. So electric vehicles can help reduce the pollution under certain conditions, but with the EVs become more and more popular, the battery disposing is also a problem. In my opinion the electricity vehicles is a transition product until we find new energy sources, it is necessary for us to discover or invent new energy sources.
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This is really interesting, and, unfortunately, it isn't something that most people think about or realize. Although they aren't produced commercially yet, there are some prototypes for solar-powered cars, which could fix this problem of using electricity from power plants. Some vehicles are directly powered by solar panels on the car, and there are also some solar-powered EV chargers. By developing and utilizing this technology, we could seriously decrease the amount of carbon we produce. This solution could help us get rid of the use of fossil fuels to power vehicles.
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This is a very interesting point. A lot of people do make assumptions that electric cars are more beneficial than gas cars. However, it's more towards a point of view on where people live. In places where pollution is high, I also think that people should tone down on electric cars a little if the air quality isn't too bad. Both electric and gas cars are detrimental to the environment, and if people could find more remunerative methods of production, like solar or maybe wind power (as mentioned previously), people could decrease the amount of Co2 emission because transportation is a huge part of our lives.