FRANKLIN JOURNAL • July 31, 2020
A 34 mpg gas-powered car in Maine produces almost 6 times the CO2 of the electric car, and even in coal country the EV is 40% better in terms of CO2. With the energy source mix shifting rapidly to solar and wind, this advantage is steadily increasing. ~ Paul Stancioff, PhD., professor of Physics at UMaine Farmington, and Cynthia Stancioff, MA, Public Administration, naturalist