Actually, that 2.9% is much more significant than you realize. Consider
that nearly all (I didn't research the number) of that gasoline is
consumed by devices with catalytic converters and other pollution
control devices. So, not counting CO2, the amount of pollution created
by engines without pollution control is very, very significant.
Dirty engines include not only snowmobiles and small water craft, but
also small engine construction equipment and yard maintenance equipment.
And probably a bunch of other machines.
Further, as more and more vehicles become EVs, the relative proportion
of CO2 from small engines will also becomes significant. Best to keep
pushing on the small engine front.
Peri
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From: "EV List Lackey via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
Cc: "EV List Lackey" <evp...@drmm.net>
Sent: 28-Feb-22 10:18:00
Subject: Re: [EVDL] The electric future of snowmobiling
Snowmobiles in the United States consumed almost 150 million gallons of
gasoline in 2020, the Federal Highway Administration estimated.
Nonhighway motorcycles used more than 216 million gallons and
all-terrain vehicles another 382 million. Boating guzzled a whopping
2.3 billion gallons. Combined, thatTMs the equivalent to the
planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions of nearly 6 million cars
operating for a year.
The EIA says that US transportation use of gasoline was 123 billion gallons
in 2020. So the above would save roughly 2.9% of the use, IF they could
replace all of them.
That's not exactly dramatic, but it's not insignificant either.
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