Good point.
Of course, there are other ways to produce electricity, like solar and wind
power.
There's a house right down the street from me that just installed a nice array
of solar
panels. Imagine if you had solar at home and at your work place? You could
charge up by
plugging into your home, then drive to work and plug in there. I don't think
we'll ever get
completely rid of coal or oil, but there are definitely ways to reduce their
usage that we
could utilize more.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Isn't electricity produced by burning coal? How would electric cars
> decrease our carbon footprint?
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Gary Wien <lightgrw@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Aug 7, 2007, at 5:27 PM, dfsavgny wrote:
> > >
> > > What is the solution? Conservation and reduction of emissions.
> Forget
> > > biofuels, fuel from coal or even hydrogen-cells (like to see a
> crash
> > > with those suckers). Hybrids good, but gasoline is more
> efficient once
> > > the vehicle is moving. Electric when at a standstill or low
> speeds.
> > > Increase usage of bikes (bike lanes AND enforcement) and public
> > > transportation.
> > >
> >
> > I still think that if we had a government that really wanted
> things
> > to change we could make them change quickly. Pull a "we're going
> to
> > the moon by the end of the decade" situation with electric cars
> and
> > see how fast we could get out of the oil mess. Electrics can
> > already be built to go at normal speeds or even high speeds like
> > sports cars, the problem is in bringing the price down so that
> > ordinary folks can afford them. That's where the government
> should
> > get involved - not with tax breaks for individuals but directly
> with
> > the auto makers. We help out Detroit and the plane industry so
> much
> > anyway, why not help them (while forcing them) to bring electric
> cars
> > to the masses?
> >
> > It always amazes me that Detroit has seemed to be against
> electric
> > cars when I'd imagine it could do two things for them:
> >
> > 1) If pushed, electrics could help revolutionize Detroit's auto
> sales
> > by beating Europe to the next step. Just look at how hybrids are
> > selling. Europe beat us to that punch much sooner than Detroit.
> If
> > GM could become the leader in electric, it would open new markets
> for
> > them.
> >
> > 2) I believe that instead of removing jobs it would create tons
> of
> > jobs and the need for new factories.
> >
> > and for the USA
> >
> > 1) It would lessen our dependency on foreign oil
> > 2) It would be far cleaner and better for the environment
> > 3) Prices would probably be more stable than the rotating prices
> we
> > get from the gas market.
> >
> > Cars were originally electric, I'd love to see the day when
> they're
> > electric again.
> >
>
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