People are literally dropping dead in a climate change driven 48C heat wave in India, and right wing people are wondering how many libs they will trigger with their I heart oil bumper stickers.
Rolling coal in their emotional support trucks will give them cancer, too. And more prolonged exposure relative to the amount subjected to the rest of us, "to own the libs."
Thank you for your genuine interest in electricity generation in my local area. The electricity mix where I'm from is a combination of wind, nuclear, and hydro electric. In emergencies we have a backup combustion system that will kick in. My power company publishes a neato dashboard all about it, it's actually at most 1/6th and usually 1/12th or lower g/MWH CO2 VS coal fired power production.
But curiously enough, even if it were run entirely on coal, my electric car would still produce much less CO2 over its lifespan, and have the potential to get cleaner as grids improve, since gasoline is so much more CO2 intense and Ice engines are so mature without much more room for serious efficiency gains.
I'm super glad you were curious enough to ask me such open ended questions, and really happy that my work in this area gave me the knowledge to answer your obviously genuine questions. Now you can be proud to know something you didn't know a few minutes ago becuase of your open mindedness.
Funnily enough, gas pumps require electricity. However, you can generate electricity yourself with solar panels, wind generation, or other methods. You can't generate your own gasoline.
The self-reliant durable solution is electric. If the grid is down and you can't generate your own electricity then your gas heating is down, gas pumps are out, and almost any other gas system is shut down unless they're hooked up to a generator of some kind (gas, solar, etc.). If you can generate electricity then any will work. If you can't then electric is out of commission just as much as gas. Once the tank/battery is empty then it's dead.
I remember the last time the power went out bad, hurricane Fiona, I had a full battery while everyone else was in the long lines for gas during the hour or two a day they had the station generator running to keep the pumps working.
I was fine, thanks so much for caring, I really appreciate the thoughtful concern you've shown here.
SHHHHHHHHH India has far greater problems than 118°F temperature.
India one of the largest polluters in the entire globe.
What is the biggest contributor to pollution in India?
Vehicular emissions, industrial waste, smoke from cooking, the construction sector, crop burning, and power generation are among the biggest sources of air pollution in India. Feb 18, 2024
Wait wait wait... lmao climate-nazis also blame... cooking as part of the problem? This is flat earther level embarrassment.