Yep, agree completely... a Tesla running on coal-fired power is still arguably a bit greener than an ICE running on gasoline, but it's close enough to be debatable since the coal/oil/natural gas feeding the powerplant also needs to be shipped. At best it goes through a leaky pipeline.If you are going to think about the "long tailpipe" issue with an EV, you also need to consider it for an ICE.
That gas in an ICE fuel tank doesn't just "appear out of thin air". It's drilled, shipped, refined, shipped again, (consuming huge amounts of energy, releasing huge amounts of pollution, and causing wear and tear all over the infrastructure at every step) and then put into an ICE car... where it pollutes again every time, and for the entire time, the vehicle is operated.
In my defence, however, I was talking about locally cut firewood
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