Environmental Health: Electric cars might pollute much more than petrol or diesel-powered cars, according to new research. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology study found greenhouse gas emissions rose dramatically if coal was used to produce the electricity. Electric car factories also emitted more toxic waste than conventional car factories, their report in the Journal of Industrial Ecology said. However, in some cases electric cars still made sense, the researchers said. Big impact The...
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Enclosure: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00532.x/abstract
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