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On the recordSeptember 21, 2021
That math doesn't work, and it doesn't work because an internal combustion engine is only about 30 to 35 percent efficient.
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Martin Heinrich
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Heinrich critiques the argument that electric vehicles are less clean than gas vehicles.

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