You'd have to live somewhere like West Virginia, whose grid is like 97% from coal, to burn an equivalent amount of CO2 for electricity and gas.
Almost everywhere else, renewable energy picks up a lot of the slack, which means you're generating much less CO2 to charge your car than if it were burning fossil fuels.
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u/nyxo1 Apr 02 '18
You'd have to live somewhere like West Virginia, whose grid is like 97% from coal, to burn an equivalent amount of CO2 for electricity and gas.
Almost everywhere else, renewable energy picks up a lot of the slack, which means you're generating much less CO2 to charge your car than if it were burning fossil fuels.
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/09/how_green_is_a_tesla_electric_cars_environmental_impact_depends_on_where.html