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You are bifurcating from my main point. Splitting hair on numbers is a response liberals use. Again my main point is, why is it better to burn oil in a power plant than burning it in a EV? Burning natural gas creates as much CO2 as burning oil.

Finally, gasoline powered powered cars are much more economical than EV's are at this time. Here is a car I bought new in 2008. I drove it out of the dealership for $9900 by using various discounts and credits. It gives me 33 MPG in city driving and 40 MPG on highway driving. It has a range of 350 miles in combined driving on a tank full. It requires no expensive battery replacements. Best of all, in 7 years of driving, it has never failed. It still has original battery after 6+ years!

“Again my main point is, why is it better to burn oil in a power plant than burning it in a EV? Burning natural gas creates as much CO2 as burning oil.”

We don't burn oil in this country to make electricity, unless you are talking about the 1% that is backup diesel generation. Regarding natural gas, it produces around 25% less CO2 than gasoline. Nuclear, hydro, and renewables, which together make up 32% of electricity generation, produce 100% less CO2.

“Finally, gasoline powered powered cars are much more economical than EV’s are at this time.”

Often people take the absolute cheapest econobox on the market and compare it to an electric vehicle. I don't think that is fair considering the peppy acceleration that most EVs have.