Rick,
I cannot understand the hype either. I know that transferring energy
to another form loses a bit, so we take oil and make electricity,
then we transport electricity across the country for delivery to an
outlet. Then we charge up a battery - the battery runs the car's
electric motor. Thus we have lost energy in several processes - Why
not go straight to oil thus eliminating these loss processes? As to
coal burning - why not make gas and get people to use gas instead of
electricity (just got a gas stove - wonderbah !!)
At 09:54 AM 2/27/2009, Rick Lindsay wrote:
>I get a kick out of all the emphasis, praise and glory that electric
>vehicles get. Just yesterday there was a glowing piece on NPR about
>new electric trucks introduced at LA and Longbeach ports. Everyone
>was just drooling over how GREEN everything was. Lots of folks
>there patting themselves on the back. Perhaps they didn't read the
>bit about the electricity that they use being generated by
>coal-fired power plants. Electric vehicles just transfer the source
>of the pollution away from the wealthy, artsy neighborhoods to the
>blue collar neighborhoods where the power plants were
>built! That's right. There's no free lunch.
>
>rick
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