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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
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.
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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.