Study Says Plug In Hybrids Could Reduce Emissions

How surprising! A study recently found that plug in hybrids could drastically reduce emissions if American drivers recharged them in large numbers.

From The Daily Breeze: "Researchers estimated that with a market share of about 60 percent or more plug-ins, the vehicles could help reduce about 450 million metric tons in greenhouse gas emissions a year by 2050. The reductions would be the equivalent of removing 82 million passenger cars, or about one-third of the cars on the road."

Researchers also found that a major increase of plug in hybrid use would lead to only a minor increase. The article also says:

"An increase of 7 percent to 8 percent of electric use would reduce nearly 4 million barrels of oil per day by 2050, said Mark Duvall, program manager with the Electric Power Research Institute and one of the study's authors."

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