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Electricity is Coal
So this is something that's been bothering me every time I read another article or see another TV show getting people all frothed up about 100+ mpg plug-in priuses and the latest wave of electric vehicles that don't even burn one ounce of gasoline. It seems to me that it's a little myopic to favor plugging in our automotive habits considering our country's largest energy and carbon footprints come from the predominantly coal-burning grid.
But this is a smart place with smart people. Can somebody explain to me how using electricity to fuel our over-abundant needs to drive absolutely EVERYWHERE in our culture is an environmentally sound idea? What am I missing in the equation? Honestly not trying to be a smart-ass about this. I just want someone to set me straight if I have it wrong.
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