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I bought my EV for three reasons:

1. Traditional car maintenance is expensive and sucks

2. I'm betting due to natural disasters in the environment and in the Oval Office we will see fuel prices continue to rise

3. While I don't think it will save the planet by itself, it can certainly save lives. Emissions are dangerous to breathe in and we are willfully ignoring it.

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And the energy comes without emissions? :)

Depends on where you live. In West Virginia? No, it's almost all coal based.

In Vermont? Yes, their grid is 100% renewable.

Source: https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_emissions.html

The electricity required to refine a gallon of gas is 6kW, so add that into the equation on what I'm not responsible for emitting.

ICE vehicles are doing double duty on emissions but nobody's paying attention.

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