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Evaluating the Emissions of Electric Vehicles vs. Gasoline Cars
An analysis of the emissions from fully electric vehicles and gasoline cars, highlighting the need for a life cycle analysis to compare overall emissions. It discusses the emissions from power plants, extraction and transportation of coal or natural gas, as well as the emissions involved in extracting crude oil and refining gasoline. The chapter concludes that electric vehicles have lower emissions than gasoline vehicles, with the average electric vehicle having emissions equal to an 88 mile per gallon gasoline car.