Sorry, Big Oil. Electric Cars are the Future

At some point, I’m sure the big oil companies will find a way to get government handouts to switch to renewables instead of handouts to continue polluting.

A new study lays to rest the tired argument that electric vehicles aren’t much cleaner than internal combustion vehicles. Over the life cycle of an EV — from digging up the materials needed to build it to eventually laying the car to rest — it will release fewer greenhouse gas emissions than a gas-powered car, the research found. That holds true globally, whether an EV plugs into a grid in Europe with a larger share of renewables, or a grid in India that still relies heavily on coal.

Read the full article at www.theverge.com.