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Old 07-19-2013, 11:58 AM   #252 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by UFO View Post
Seems to me that should shut the door on the original premise of this thread. But I am assuming that the claimed reduction in CO2 is comparing electrics to gassers, that is certainly the implication.
Comparing EVs to gassers seems to be a reasonable assumption, but without any detail or any reference to the report, it's difficult to tell what the reference point is... it could be:
  • The average CO2 production of all the gassers (including commercial vehicles) in the world
  • The average CO2 production of all the gassers (including commercial vehicles) in France
  • The average CO2 production of passenger vehicles only in France
  • The average CO2 production of gassers owned by the kind of people that would buy an EV in France
  • Something else...?

There's a pretty broad range there, and without a reference it's difficult to tell how relevant to this thread the data really is.
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