LI - Climate expert says subsidies for Tesla and other EV companies one of the worst ways to cut carbon emissions

Dr. Bjorn Lomborg has been speaking and writing about climate science for almost 20 years. He is president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and visiting professor at Copenhagen Business School. He is not a "climate skeptic". He believes that global warming is a serious problem, and advocates for policies to combat it.Here's what Dr. Lomborg said about electric vehicles in a recent interview, edited for clarity:"Electric cars are this icon of us doing something about global warming. Now remember, electric cars are actually good for the environment. They emit less CO2 on average -- even if they charge from a coal-fired power plant -- but not by very much, because you still have to build them. Much of their batteries are incredibly energy intensive, typically done in China with lots of coal-fired power. So the reality is that these cars will typically,

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Climate expert says subsidies for Tesla and other EV companies "one of the worst ways to cut carbon emissions"