A favorite trope of the “Don’t get me wrong, I love EVs, but...” crowd is the idea that widespread EV adoption will cause the electrical grid
has calculated that, for every mile traveled in a legacy vehicle, you’re using about half as much electricity as you would to travel a mile in a pure EV.We are often reminded that every product — including an EV — consumes fossil fuel, directly or indirectly. But it’s also true that every product — even a gas-guzzling SUV — consumes electricity.
Don’t public charging stations have these costs too? Of course, but most EV drivers charge at home, and the only time they’ll ever have to use a public charger is when they take a road trip. What percentage of EV drivers patronize a gas station-style public charging station? I don’t know, but I know that 100% of ICE drivers do.
Production of fuel — drilling, pumping, refining, more transport — requires a tremendous amount of energy. Again, much of the energy required to heat crude oil to over 400 degrees in a refinery in order to separate it into gasoline, diesel and many other useful substances comes from the oil itself. But refineries and all the other massive infrastructure of the oil industry use lots of electricity for pumps, filters, valves, illumination, computers, etc.
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