> Are you saying that the main problem with battery electrics > is also that most of the power it uses is not renewable?
Careful: Studies have shown that about HALF of EV buyers also have SOLAR or sign up for 100% solar/wind from their utilities. It is -not- a coincidence that those who want to be part of the future of clean energy do both. SO -never- use the published "utility mix" to derive carbon impact of EV's without dividing it at least in HALF even today to account for the demographics of EV buyers 50% of which use 100% emissions free energy. > What % of electricity comes from solar right now? Though the grid maybe 40% coal in some places, you must apply these corrections for EV electricity: 1) 50% of EV buyers use only 100% renewable energy for charging 2) The EV is about 3 times more efficient in total energy per mile than gasoline As a result 40% times 50% times 33% gives only about 7% of EV energy comes from coal (and it only gets better every day). Not the 100% stack emissions that the climate change deniers want you to believe. > Right now, there is NO silver bullet. YES there is! and it is EV's and solar/wind. When you say "right now" you are pessimistically using today's pitiful 2% contribution of solar on the grid, but that includes 98% of decades old LEGACY systems. When I see "right now" I don't see the 2%, I see the 400% annual growth *rate* of renewables and EV's and the 20% decline of coal, and gasoline imports! I see the 93% instant *average* reduction in carbon emissions for each new EV on the road. Or, for half of us that subscribe to 100% renewable energy, a 100% reduction. Bob, WB4aPR _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
