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498. In the 1890s, the Best-Selling Car Was … Electric

Freakonomics Radio

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Electric Cars Are Not a Panacea

Electric cars are a very small and easily fixed part of the climate problem. Road vehicles are about 17 % of global carbon omissions, or carbon equivalent omissions. Name for me a year or an era when you see the global auto fleet being converted primarily to electric. The hard bid is going to be decarbonizing agriculture, de carbonizing industry, steel making, cement making, etera, et cetera.

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