Some people say that buying an electric car is a great way to fight climate change - but if they use electricity that is made by burning fossil fuels, are they really more environmentally friendly than gas powered cars?

Pick up a copy of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing here!
https://store.dftba.com/products/an-a...

Hosted by: Hank Green

SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org
----------
Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishow  
----------
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:

Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters
----------
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook:   / scishow  
Twitter:   / scishow  
Tumblr:   / scishow  
Instagram:   / thescishow  
----------
Sources:
https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/best-...
  / the-long-tailpipe-theory-of-evs  
https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck...
https://www.bts.gov/content/average-f...
https://www.bts.gov/content/number-us...
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articl...
https://eufactcheck.eu/factcheck/most...
https://www.theguardian.com/environme...
https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/elec...
https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/fas...
https://theicct.org/sites/default/fil...
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/...
https://www.foreffectivegov.org/oil-a...
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4123...
http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/electr...
https://www.transportpolicy.net/stand...
https://ozziezehner.files.wordpress.c...
https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/...
https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles...

Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...