Electric car vs gasoline car which one has better emission? 
Are you a gasoline car user, or are you starting to switch to using an electric car? The electric car promises to produce no emissions because the engine uses electric power. However, electric cars are still quite expensive.
The motivation for owning an electric car is to want to contribute to reducing carbon emissions from fossil fuels. But do electric cars really have lower carbon emissions than petrol cars?
How to assess the environmental impact of an electric car
How to assess the environmental impact of an electric car
To answer that question, a more holistic view is needed. Every human activity has a relationship with other activities. All these interconnected chains must be assessed for their environmental impact. This method of measuring the overall impact is called a Life Cycle Assessment
In assessing the environmental impact of electric cars, we must look at what activities are related to the production and use of these cars.
Electric cars do not produce emissions when used on the road. So for emissions on the road, electric cars have advantages over petrol cars
Electric cars do not produce emissions when used on the road. So for emissions on the road, electric cars have advantages over petrol cars
However, charging an electric car is a tough task. The process of producing electricity in each country is different. There are several countries that still rely on fossil energy as the main fuel.
The greater the number of uses of electric cars means that more electricity is needed. If electricity producers are still dominated by coal or petrol, then the overall emissions of activities will also increase. And this is not a proper decision.
Innovations to support electric cars
regions that still rely on fossil fuels as their power plants are considered less optimal if they switch from petrol cars to electric cars.
regions that still rely on fossil fuels as their power plants are considered less optimal if they switch from petrol cars to electric cars.
A study at Sweden's Max Planck Institute found that a combination of nuclear power and hydropower is considered more effective in terms of emissions. Meanwhile, wind power is not able to meet the national scale so it needs to be supported by steam and coal power.
All of these activities show the increasing public interest in environmentally friendly energy. The role of LCA itself is to trace the environmental impact of each chain of activities.
source: bit.ly/smallcycle
source: bit.ly/smallcycle
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