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Originally Posted by tasdrouille
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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Mm good point tas. I hadn't really thought of it because most of our sources are pretty. . .convenient. Offshore wells are at high pressure and allowing them to relieve themselves saves some pumping losses. But in the long run its definitely easier to pump water than it is to haul solids. solids have to be brought to the lift whereas fluids will follow the flow to the pump.
I think ignoring the coal delivery to help power 50% of our grid is pretty even with the well drilling to get the oil up.
In my area its heavily hydro as well so its moot here, back home there is more nuclear than most of the united states so its moot there as well.