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Old 04-29-2009, 09:05 AM   #61 (permalink)
tasdrouille
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I don't think I've seen someone mention the impact of getting the oil out of the ground in the first place. With wells it might not be all that significant, but tar sands in Canada are extremely dirty sources of oil, lots of CO2 emissions and huge amounts of fresh water are used in the process.

Here over 90% of our power is hydro, so the EV easily wins.

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