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Romm 12 (0:28)
Topic(s): Electric & Hybrid / Environment
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Well, even today, running a plug-in hybrid on electricity emits less greenhouse gases than driving it on gasoline. But the beauty of it is that you can transfer the emissions to the electric grid from the car. It's much easier to clean up a few hundred power plants than it is to clean up the emissions from a hundred million cars. So as we move towards a greener and cleaner electric grid, plug-in hybrids will themselves become cleaner and greener