Is He Right? Exxon CEO States: Zero-Emissions Vehicles Will Serve Little Purpose If They Remained Charged By A Coal-Powered Grid

You're criticizing a child. Don't ever post your ignorant comments on this website again!

No, the CEO is wrong. Less than half of the US power grid is fed by coal, and it's decreasing all the time. In some areas it's under 20%, and here in WA it will be zero within 5 years. All he's doing is protecting his product.

Agreed. The USA will wind down its coal plants in time. This is the low hanging fruit for cleaner air. Much harder to get people to drive less. If we shut them down in Ontario, others can too.

I don't believe I said anything about NG. The question was about coal. But since you brought it up, NG use for electricity generation is declining based on 2018 numbers, as is coal. Yes, other than renewable sources they are all carbon based. In my state (WA) electricity generation is right around 50% renewable, which includes nuclear. Coal is under 20%, and as I mentioned it will be completely eliminated in 5 years.

Renewables (including nuclear) account for almost 40% of the electricity generation (national average), with that number climbing every year. Within 2-3 years renewables will exceed 50% and account for the majority.

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-in-the-us.php

Sigh... Volcano, that's the best you can come up with? Mt. St. Helens was almost 40 years ago, and I can't come up with any other eruptive event during my lifetime, which goes back to the 50s.

Also, the volcano ash, which went to the east and never impacted any cities on the west side of the Cascades, actually made an incredible improvement on the soil and the east side farms benefited greatly from the eruption. Yes, there was a short term economic impact, and unfortunately there were some lives lost near the mountain itself. But the catastrophe that was imagined from the eruption never happened. And yeah, it might happen again. In another 800 years or so.

My last response, then I'm done with this post. You seem to have lumped me into a "green" category that I do not claim. Maybe because I drive a PHEV, maybe because I'll call BS on arguments that just aren't accurate. I assure you, I am far more conservative than you think. I do believe that much of the hollering about "global warming" or "climate change" is the Earth going through its natural cycles, as it has done in the past. However, I also believe that humans are contributing to it far more than past cycles, mostly due to our consumption of carbon based items, such as petroleum. I see no reason not to reduce my impact where I can, although I doubt I will ever do much that impacts my quality of life. I want my grandchildren to grow up in a healthy environment, and enjoy as carefree life as possible.

In this post I am simply calling BS on the CEO of an international petroleum company when he makes remarks that are inaccurate and only serves to make his industry look better and disparage people that think differently than he does.

China is pushing EVs and building coal plants like mad. All these stats about the US reducing coal matter little on a worldwide basis because China et.al. are the culprits. Germany shut down it's nukes and now buys coal generated backup power. Here in the east nuclear plants are being replaced with natural gas. Go figure!

Watch the 3 part series on Netflix called, "Inside Bill's Brain". The 3rd episode talks about this, saying EV cars/charging doesn't help the C02 levels.