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Comment on 1.8 Million Barrels of Oil a Day Avoided from Electric Vehicles

astropenguin5@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

A little less yeah, considering that there has been an increase in renewables for grid power, also it’s much more efficient burn oil/natgas/etc. in a big powerplant than in an ICE car, so less is needed overall.

So yes. It does help. But electric trains are still better lol And we need more renewable grid power

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federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

less is needed overall.

So yes. It does help

this is what i’m dubious about. just because less is burned in, say, passenger vehicles does not mean any less is produced or burned in some other industry. this article actually says that we made more oil this year than last.

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- gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  But it does mean less was produced for and burned by the automotive industry
  
  All other things equal if those EVs were ICE then even more oil would have been used for what should be obvious reasons
  
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  - federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    then even more oil would have been used
    
    if the oil is in the ground, it can’t have been used.
    
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    gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Do you think we literally use oil as we dig it up with no buffer?
    
    Or that oil extraction amount isn’t being constantly adjusted based on demand by every entity in charge of it?
    
    Or that if more ICE vehicles were on the road more oil would be needed?
    
    These are all very basic concepts
    
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  - federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    unless it actually decreased GHG emissions, it did no good. it’s rearranging the deck chairs.
    
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