I’m frankly getting sick of hearing about environmentally friendly. So, are electric cars environmentally friendly? Studies say no. A gallon of the alcohol in gas costs the energy equivalent of a gallon and a half of real gas to make. When I took thermo in college the (for real) scientist who taught it had the class work through the physics, chemistry and economics of every much vaunted alternative energy solution. All of them were terrible compared to gas and coal. We have been inundated with bad data and propaganda.
Now, every time I see “environmentally friendly” I see virtue signaling.