• jballs@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Which kind of blows my mind. Coal miners should love EVs. There was a story in the news a few years ago about how nice it was for the miners to help someone in an EV, as if they should be mortal enemies.

    Non-EV cars don’t run on coal, they run on gasoline. EVs on the other hand can run on coal, natural gas, solar, wind, you name it - and still are more energy efficient than cars burning gasoline. In a sane world, coal miners would be throwing their support behind electric vehicles. The utility companies seem to understand this, but seems like the support hasn’t made its way up the supply chain.

    • Litics@lemmynsfw.com
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      19 hours ago

      Of course US trucks run on coal. I see them rolling coal all the time! They cant roll coal if it wasnt coal. Duh…