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Originally Posted by Pierre
The issue with electric cars is that they are only zero emission when you're driving them* conversely liquid fuelled cars only emit when you're driving them.
*Unless the charging grid is 100% totally fossil fuel free.
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But as a step towards zero emissions, zero emission at tailpipe is a very worthwhile objective. Atmospheric CO2 isn’t the only problem caused by road traffic. Nitrogen oxides in our towns and cities, especially around urban motorways, are an increasing problem. EVs immediately deal with that localised pollution.
Furthermore, they concentrate the pollution caused by producing their fuel into fewer, more controlled locations - at the power stations, where it can then be more easily remedied by implementing carbon capture during the plant’s lifetime, and eventually switching off the power station in favour of green alternatives.