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RE: China has launched the first fully electric zero-emission cargo ship in the world!
I think we often tend to try and ease our environmental conscience with the electric vehicle trend, I'm glad you actually address the issue of the electrical source! If we don't create our electricity through sustainable means, what will it matter if all of our cars are electric?
Exactly! If we use fossil fuels to generate electricity for electric cars, then the gain is pretty much zero. However, cargo ships often use crude oil when they are out at sea, so they would actually have a lower emission by using electricity from fossil fuel sources, but it is still very far from optimal.
Yeah, I did some research and I found out that electricity powered cars are in some cases 2 times more efficient than gas powered equivalents. This is largely because of the extremely high cost of refining petroleum in terms of energy. So the development of better and more efficient electrically powered vehicles it's something that we should celebrate! Reducing our Global energy consumption is the logical first step in our eventual quest to eliminate the use of fossil fuels entirely.
Wow, I didn't realize that it was that much better! That's good news.
I'm excite to see how good the electric vehicles will be in 10-20 years time. Hopefully they will be common, and most of their electricity will come from renewable sources.