Clean Car Calculator
Here’s a “clean car calculator” in which users can plug in certain values and receive an instant assessment of the eco-impact of their vehicle. I’ll point out (before skeptics like reader Glenn Doty have the chance) that the methodology is subject to question; it uses the average cleanliness of the electric power in the user’s state, which differs from the overall impact of adding load anywhere on the grid in most of the US.
Thank you for preempting me… but I would go further and state that with the current methodology the calculator is completely without merit.
Why is it that so few people understand this? Do you think it’s ignorance, wishful thinking, or both?
Maybe its because people who do ‘understand it’ like yourself would rather give each other reach-arounds for being so above it all than actually trying to be helpful.