So, why exactly do I want an electric, (coal-powered) vehicle?
Better question is why are Deep States, plural, so keen on shoving them down their public’s throats..
Coal powered? Butt, butt, butt the chick from GM, when asked where the power comes from said “From the building.”. Whaaa waaa waaaa! 🤡
Saw a video yesterday of a Ford EV pickup head to head towing with a gas GM pickup. The EV had to quit at 75 miles.
As for coal, they had coal dust powered internal combustion train engines at one time. I need to check e-bay to see if they have a conversion kit for my pickup.
So your wife and child can die during childbirth due to complications and your inability to charge the vehicle. Or, it died in the middle of the ghetto on the way to the hospital and the BLM/Anti-fa types were only concerned about kicking your ass as your wife and the useless-to-them fetus in her womb lay there dying.
Coal is less than 22% of the U.S. Power grid at least get that part right. Here are the 2021 numbers directly from the DOE.
Energy source Billion kWh Share of total
Total - all sources 4,116
Fossil fuels (total) 2,504 60.8%
Natural gas 1,575 38.3%
Coal 899 21.8%
Petroleum (total) 19 0.5%
Petroleum liquids 11 0.3%
Petroleum coke 7 0.2%
Other gases3 11 0.3%
Nuclear 778 18.9%
Renewables (total) 826 20.1%
Wind 380
9.2%
Hydropower 260 6.3%
Solar (total) 115 2.8%
Photovoltaic 112 2.8%
Solar thermal 3 0.1%
Biomass (total) 55 1.3%
Wood 37 0.9%
Landfill gas 10 0.2%
Municipal solid waste (biogenic) 0.2%
Other biomass waste 2 0.1%
Geothermal 16 0.4%