Because of the efficiency of the EV motor vs. the ICE motor, EVs are far cleaner than ICEVs even when fossil-fuel-powered and that's not factoring in the (slow) cleaning of the grid which will widen that gap over time, as the other comment mentioned.
Right, but you can switch an EV to a clean source of energy in the future, which you can't do with a petrol car (until carbon-capture fuel becomes viable)
I think you should find authoritative sources rather than relying on blogspam misrepresenting the source article.
Your article is a single paragraph:
> China burned more coal at power plants between January and July of 2025 than at any time since 2016, despite massive renewable capacity, according to new environmental research report.
Which was updated due to not correctly presenting the underlying report.
> Correction: The article initially referred to China burning coal at record high levels and had other inconsistencies with the original CREA report. This has been edited to reflect that the study highlighted an increase in coal power plants, rather than burned coal, after being contacted by the research institution.
Which is what I have been telling you again and again. China is building tons of coal plants but in absolute terms the coal usage is declining.
