The Zero Emissions Vehicle Remains a Myth
11th March 2013
Just because you have water vapor coming out of your tailpipe—if you even have a tailpipe—doesn’t mean that you have zero emissions. It takes energy to create usable hydrogen or charge batteries, and the bulk of our energy is still generated by fossil fuels which create greenhouse gases. This means that discussions about which vehicles produce more carbon dioxide on the road ignore a big source of emissions.