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danielweber on Feb 11, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Elon Musk calls NYT review of the Tesla Model S ‘f...

The emissions are going to come from wherever the energy is made.

I'd like to see efforts at using energy sources to manufacture gasoline from environmental sources of carbon, making the fuel carbon-neutral. How does that compare to electric vehicles?

sliverstorm on Feb 11, 2013 [–]

Ok, fine, if you burn coal to produce hydrogen, yes. Hydrogen fuel then indirectly produces CO2.

There have been efforts to do this; basically any form of biodiesel that is produced by bacteria can probably be considered carbon-neutral.

_3u10 on Feb 11, 2013 | [–]

No kidding, I wonder where the poster thinks power on the east coast comes from.

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