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by throwaway894345 1445 days ago
Is the midwest grid particularly dirty? I’m pretty sure Iowa is like ~60% wind and a good chunk of Illinois is nuclear.
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SERC Midwest (parts of IL and MO) is the dirtiest in the lower 48. EPA EGRID has the data.

https://www.epa.gov/egrid

or there's a map

https://blog.ucsusa.org/dave-reichmuth/plug-in-or-gas-up-why...

Seems like the overwhelming majority of the midwest is outperforming Missouri/Illinois, but yeah, that region is performing poorly.

I’m also disappointed that the second link didn’t include the emissions in the manufacture of the vehicle itself, which will be higher for EVs than gasoline cars, but from what I’ve read[0] the lifetime emissions of an EV are far far lower (breakeven point is about 10-15kmi).

[0]: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/lifeti...