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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Half of your electicity comes from coal. And while electic seems better when looking purely at emissions, over 20% electicity generated is wasted in transmission from the plant to the city. Electic cars powered by coal power plants will reduce dependance on foriegn oil, but it won't do much to reduce total emissions.
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I hear ya, really. I guess I'm just not as worried about emissions as much as others. I never 100% bought into the Global Warming doomsday thing. yeah, I think it's happening, but no, I don't think it's half as bad as it's being reported.
And please understand, I'm NOT trying to pick a fight with this next statement...I just always ask it when the whole electricity emissions thing comes up:
Isn't is loads better, though, to continue polluting from the just plants but not in the cars, as opposed to continuing to pollute from both the plants AND the cars? Cause gasoline production requires burning, and all that other good stuff, too.
Personally, I think Wind farms are rather beautiful really...We've got 7 tubines on the lake right now, in Buffalo. Sure, that's hardly a
farm. But I find them rather majestic looking. Of course, I can see the noise issue as well. BUT: foriegn oil v. a little noise?
I am not disillusioned into thinking that E85 is the best thing since sliced bread. It's not a permanent solution, but it IS a step in the right direction, 85% NOT foriegn oil? I'd say that's good.
And I would fear fission, too.
Talk about the big-bang theory, (shudder). Of course, develop it right, and we're talking some massive amounts of energy.
Any way you look at it, elecric cars, ARE the future of transportation...I just wish it'd get here sooner-which was the point of my previous post. People, do indeed fear what they don't know. But put it in a commercial, and they all of a sudden are experts on it!!
Again, the sooner the better. $4 a gallon lows are not far off...
