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Originally Posted by Jim Bullis
RobertSmalls,
You have it right except you open the door to the tricksters when you allow claims if the system is combined with 'low carbon' generation.
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Countries like Canada, France, and Kenya make extensive use of hydro, nuclear, and wind. Charging an EV there would be a no brainer environmental win over gasoline. And the fact is that plunking down $50-60k on an electric car + PV array DOES buy you limitless, paid-for, CO2-free transportation, within your car's range anyway. Nevermind whether you could go carbon-negative with a $30-40k PV array and a gas-fired Prius.
The American grid could easily become as sustainable and environmentally friendly as Canada's. We just collectively lack the willingness to spend a little more per KWh. If environmentalists were to acknowledge the grid's CO2 intensity and educate people on the need to improve it, we could achieve a pretty rapid improvement.