SAT Reading & Writing Quiz
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Electric vehicles are often marketed as "zero-emission," and for drivers the phrase feels true: there is no tailpipe. Yet the environmental impact depends on the electricity source. In regions still dominated by coal, charging an EV can shift emissions from the road to the power plant. The smartest climate policy is therefore to prioritize cleaning the grid; once electricity is low-carbon, electrifying transportation becomes an obvious win rather than a complicated trade-off.
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Grid cleanliness matters, but waiting for a perfect grid delays progress. Even on coal-heavy grids, EVs typically improve local air quality by moving pollution away from dense streets, and power plants are easier to regulate than millions of individual engines. More importantly, vehicle fleets turn over slowly: policies that accelerate EV adoption now ensure that, as the grid improves, those vehicles automatically get cleaner without requiring new purchases. Transportation electrification and grid decarbonization should proceed together.
Which claim from Text 2 most directly addresses the idea in Text 1 that electrifying transportation is a "complicated trade-off" on coal-dominated grids?
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