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Tesla also happens to run on dead dinosaurs, at least in the US...

Arguably less efficient since it has to be converted into electricity first. About 64% of electricity in 2016 was generated using coal or natural gas in the US. [0]

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=electrici...

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Whether it’s coal or natural gas, it’s still more efficient to run an electric car on those fuels, generated at scale, then a petrol internal combustion engine.

96 percent of new generation coming online this year is renewables. Your electric car gets cleaned every year, your gasonline car does not.

And nuclear power, solar and wind. And even if it only ran on electricity created at coal plants, it would be more efficient than a combustion engine.

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