This is the biggest problem with electrical vehicles now. People think they are saving the world driving them. But, as long as most of the electricity generated comes from Natural Gas (like in California) this is just stupid to be converting to All electric Vehicles in the end.
If you have solar power to your home and if you generate your electricity for your electric cars or trucks then this actually makes sense. If you have wind power and you generate the electricity for your electric vehicles then this makes sense.
But, if you are on the grid and getting electricity from it I did some research and actually the amount of Electricity generated by Natural Gas is much less than I believed before I started writing about this.
However, it is hard to know for sure how electricity is generated that comes into the grid from other states that California is buying also. So, the 37% is ONLY for electricity generated in California and not from other states coming into California.
For example, the present amount of electricity generated in California by Natural Gas is around 37% which I found incredibly surprising which means that 63% of electrical generation is from a source other than natural gas. Here is how it breaks down it appears:
begin quote from:
https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/2021-total-system-electric-generation
2021 Total System Electric Generation
Contact: Michael Nyberg | QFERGEN@energy.ca.gov
| Energy Assessments Division
- 2020 Total System Electric Generation and previous years
- 2009-2021 Total System Electric Generation Spreadsheet
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| Fuel Type | California In-State Generation (GWh) | Percent of California In-State Generation | Northwest Imports (GWh) | Southwest Imports (GWh) | Total Imports (GWh) | Percent of Imports | Total California Energy Mix (GWh) | Total California Power Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal | 303 | 0.2% | 181 | 7,788 | 7,969 | 9.5% | 8,272 | 3.0% |
| Natural Gas | 97,431 | 50.2% | 45 | 7,880 | 7,925 | 9.5% | 105,356 | 37.9% |
| Oil | 37 | 0.0% | - | - | - | 0.0% | 37 | 0.0% |
| Other (Waste Heat/Petroleum Coke) | 382 | 0.2% | 68 | 15 | 83 | 0.1% | 465 | 0.2% |
| Nuclear | 16,477 | 8.5% | 524 | 8,756 | 9,281 | 11.1% | 25,758 | 9.3% |
| Large Hydro | 12,036 | 6.2% | 12,042 | 1,578 | 13,620 | 16.3% | 25,656 | 9.2% |
| Unspecified | - | 0.0% | 8,156 | 10,731 | 18,887 | 22.6% | 18,887 | 6.8% |
| Total Thermal and Non-Renewables | 126,666 | 65.2% | 21,017 | 36,748 | 57,764 | 69.1% | 184,431 | 66.4% |
| Biomass | 5,381 | 2.8% | 864 | 26 | 890 | 1.1% | 6,271 | 2.3% |
| Geothermal | 11,116 | 5.7% | 192 | 1,906 | 2,098 | 2.5% | 13,214 | 4.8% |
| Small Hydro | 2,531 | 1.3% | 304 | 1 | 304 | 0.4% | 2,835 | 1.0% |
| Solar | 33,260 | 17.1% | 220 | 5,979 | 6,199 | 7.4% | 39,458 | 14.2% |
| Wind | 15,173 | 7.8% | 9,976 | 6,405 | 16,381 | 19.6% | 31,555 | 11.4% |
| Total Renewables | 67,461 | 34.8% | 11,555 | 14,317 | 25,872 | 30.9% | 93,333 | 33.6% |
| Total System Energy | 194,127 | 100.0% | 32,572 | 51,064 | 83,636 | 100.0% | 277,764 | 100.0% |
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