Although the first half of 2019 saw internal combustion engines consume 90% of global automotive sales, electric vehicle sales soared from previous years.
Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are external combustion engines. They charge on a predominantly coal-combustion electric grid. Worldwide, coal accounts for 40% of power proeuction.
Coal is the least efficient of the fossil fuels in terms of the amount of energy gained vs. CO2 released. Burning it also releases numerous toxic chemicals and carbon particulates loaded with lead, cadmium, uranium, mercury, arsenic…
At this time, one in two people are diagnosed with cancer. With all major automakers swearing to produce nothing but electric vehicles over our lifetime, coal utilities will be burning 400 times more coal. How do you think that will impact global health? – Do the math.