• blazera@kbin.social
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      Im not saying theyre green energy that dont deserve the title, im saying theyre literally not energy production. EVs are an energy use.

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        You don’t think green energy use qualifies as a green energy “category” that one could invest in?

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          it’s not green energy use. it’s just energy use. EV’s predominantly run on fossil fuel energy in the US.

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            It’s the capability for green energy use, in a very energy-intense application. That possibility is not there with combustion engines.

            We cannot have a green energy economy unless all the usage endpoints consume clean energy rather than hydrocarbons.

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              most things that use energy are capable of using green energy, you wouldnt call an investment in a coffee machine company a green energy investment. We need the green energy first.

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                Anything that already runs on electricity isn’t really part of the discussion then, because there’s no need to change anything at the point of use.

                A better analogy to the car thing might be investing in (or subsidizing) heat pump production over natural gas furnaces.

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            True. EVs plus those crappy fossil fuels power plants though are still more efficient at using energy, and thus better environmentally, than ice cars. We really need more nuclear and renewables here though. It’s pretty bad and it doesn’t have to be.

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            Everyone having a hard ime on this, EV are not green energy production, widhout green poweplants very little changes with more EVs.