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by guerby 2161 days ago
Nothing fishy or secret, in the EU for example transport is about 30% of CO2 emissions:

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/201...

Only source of CO2 that has relatively grown for the past two decades.

> they do, but the substantiality of that depends on where you live

This is true but misleading: yes if your electricity is produced by coal plants electric cars are just slightly better CO2-wise (but cleaner on NOx and other sources of pollution), but the idea is to move away from coal so that running your EV become cleaner over time. (1)

A striking example is the UK, this chart tells the story of coal to renewables:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/09/great-brita...

(1) and as a consumer in most countries you can vote with your money by choosing to buy electricity coming from renewables.