Todays internal combustion engines are extremely clean. We have =
probably all heard the urban legend that exhaust of a new car tests =
cleaner than LA air. I wonder if it is true. The problem with internal =
combustion engines is that there are way too many of them! =20
I think you can conclude that electric vehicles pollute worse than =
internal combustion if you assume that the electricity is generated by a =
remotely located fossil fuel plant. You have to burn the fuel and =
pollute, you loose power due to transmission, you loose power due to =
storage, you loose power due to conversion to movement. With internal =
combustion you burn the fuel and use the output directly thus =
(theoretically) eliminating losses due to transmission and storage.=20
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From: Timothy Beloney[SMTP:TBeloney@Wyse.com]
Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 9:01 AM
To: Frank Marrone; alpines@autox.team.net; tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: No Tiger Content
That's an interesting point. Who'd think that generating electricity =
would
cause as much pollution as combustion? =20
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