Gas-sipping Electric Cars May Guzzle Water

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U.K. – They may not be gas-guzzlers, but electric cars have a raging thirst for water.
A comparison of the volume of coolant water used in the thermoelectric power plants that provide most of our electricity and that used in extracting and refining petroleum suggests that electric vehicles require significantly more water per mile than those powered by gasoline.
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Source: NewScientist