Research shows that the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from electric car is not significant.
Benefits of electric cars for the environment still needs to be questioned again.
Because of a research conducted by an environmental movement in Germany, showed an astonishing result.
Research conducted by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) in cooperation with local institutes IZES energy future, revealed that the carbon dioxide emission reductions gained from the electric car is not significant when compared to fossil-fueled cars.
"Savings on carbon dioxide emissions generated by the electric car was just very little," said Viviane Raddatz, Germany WWF experts.
Like the United States, Germany is a country that has big ambitions to introduce electric vehicles. Germany, which until now has about 41 million cars, eager to have one million electric or hybrid cars, until 2020.
However, the results of earlier research, it turns out from a million electric cars would be used, there is only projected reduction of carbon emissions by one percent of total vehicle emissions, and will only be cut 0.1 percent of the country's total carbon emissions overall.
That's because most power plants in Germany use coal. In fact, coal generate greater carbon emissions than gasoline.
"When electric cars multiply, demand for electricity increases and power plants must be prepared to accommodate the massive demand." Lithium Ion batteries must be recharged from coal plants, and cause emissions of about 200 grams of carbon per kilometer.
In fact, the current average emission gasoline vehicles only about 160 grams of carbon per km. While the EU target for 2020, vehicle emissions are allowed only 95 grams per km.
"The electric car is one thing. But we must also think about the development of electric storage techniques in the form of another," said Raddatz. If there is no way to get energy from sources that can be updated (renewable resources), carbon reduction can not be done.
The reason, Germany has decided to use nuclear energy generation in 2020. Hence, in his study, the WWF also did not include nuclear power as an alternative energy generation.
Because of a research conducted by an environmental movement in Germany, showed an astonishing result.
Research conducted by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) in cooperation with local institutes IZES energy future, revealed that the carbon dioxide emission reductions gained from the electric car is not significant when compared to fossil-fueled cars.
"Savings on carbon dioxide emissions generated by the electric car was just very little," said Viviane Raddatz, Germany WWF experts.
Like the United States, Germany is a country that has big ambitions to introduce electric vehicles. Germany, which until now has about 41 million cars, eager to have one million electric or hybrid cars, until 2020.
However, the results of earlier research, it turns out from a million electric cars would be used, there is only projected reduction of carbon emissions by one percent of total vehicle emissions, and will only be cut 0.1 percent of the country's total carbon emissions overall.
That's because most power plants in Germany use coal. In fact, coal generate greater carbon emissions than gasoline.
"When electric cars multiply, demand for electricity increases and power plants must be prepared to accommodate the massive demand." Lithium Ion batteries must be recharged from coal plants, and cause emissions of about 200 grams of carbon per kilometer.
In fact, the current average emission gasoline vehicles only about 160 grams of carbon per km. While the EU target for 2020, vehicle emissions are allowed only 95 grams per km.
"The electric car is one thing. But we must also think about the development of electric storage techniques in the form of another," said Raddatz. If there is no way to get energy from sources that can be updated (renewable resources), carbon reduction can not be done.
The reason, Germany has decided to use nuclear energy generation in 2020. Hence, in his study, the WWF also did not include nuclear power as an alternative energy generation.
