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josephcsible on Sept 5, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: All poverty is energy poverty

There's no magical barrier in the electrical grid that prevents charging BEVs from coal-fired power plants.

CraigJPerry on Sept 5, 2022 [–]

Parent is alleging 100% supply from coal since they claim there’s 70% thermal loss in the charging of BEVs

Coal is circa 20% of the supply in the US. About the same as nuclear or renewables.

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