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Old 11-11-2010, 04:18 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
CO2 equivalence: Considering that electricity is fungible, and we're all on the same grid, grid average figures are appropriate for estimating the impact of mass adoption of EV's.
Well, kinda. Californiastan is at ~300-450grams of carbon per kWh depending on whether you're looking at the electricity produced in state or consumed in state. The U.S. average is ~600g/kWh and some places are as high as ~1000g/kWh.
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