There’s a common idea that electric cars use up more energy, overall, than fuel-based cars. More energy to manufacture, to maintain, and, depending on the re-telling, to re-charge (thanks to the energy sources required to generate electricity).
Now that idea has finally been disproven as the big, dumb, anti-green-energy “theory” that it is, thanks to a new research.
The research, which was published with work from three halfway decent universities (Exeter, Cambridge, and Nijmegen in The Netherlands), found that electric cars produce 30 percent fewer emissions than gas-powered cars in the U.K. — and 70 percent fewer in France and Sweden, due to their renewable-centric electric grids.
Overall, it takes less energy to create and maintain electric cars than fuel-based ones in 95 percent of the world. The researchers’ modeling also predicts that one in every two cars in the year 2050 will be electric.
This would reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 1.5 gigatonnes per year, which is equivalent to the total current CO2 emissions of Russia.
This research has finally put to rest the long propagate idea by oil lobbyist that electric vehicles could increase emissions – as complete myth. Electric cars are better for the world. They produce fewer emissions overall – even if generation still involves fossil fuels.
Reference- BBC News, Journal Nature Sustainability, Futurism
