I agree, but in some areas a lot of the energy *is* being produced by coal. So there's a need to avoid understating that.
Fortunately, the amount of electricity produced by coal will be dropping fairly quickly. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 17, 2015, at 6:05 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > Who would have thought even a decade ago that FORD would be issuing > apparently pro-EV news releases? > > That said, IMO we need to be a little more careful how we use the Ford > survey data. It doesn't say that 83% of EV owners are charging their EVs > with PV. It says that 83% of them HAVE or ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING PV > capacity. That's a pretty substantial difference. > > Regrettably I can't find a web resource that breaks out the have-its from > the wanna-have-its. So, this number doesn't really tell us anything about > how many current EV owners are charging with alternative energy. > > What it does suggest is a strong correlation between EV ownership and > environmental consciousness. > > In terms of selling and promoting EVs, you can view this in two ways. One > is that promoters should "fish where the fish are," and continue pushing EVs > "green cred" or even increase these efforts. The other is to say that the > way to increased EV adoption is to edge toward promoting their dollars-and- > cents value. > > Which is the right EV promotion strategy? To determine that, we should look > at the reasons that owners bought gas-only "hybrids" 10-12 years ago, vs why > they buy them today. If we see a substantial increase in Prius and other > non-pluggable "hybrid" sales among cost-conscious buyers over that decade, > that might suggest that at some point (though maybe not yet) we should swing > toward promoting EVs' economic benefits. If the majority of non-plug > "hybrid" buyers still buy them for their "greenness," that argues in favor > of the first strategy above. > > Either way, we have a big job ahead of us to counter the growing negative PR > being dispensed by the traditional energy providers. They have way more > media clout than we do, and seem to be doing very well at sowing FUD about > EVs supposedly "increasing pollution" with trumped-up, bogus data about coal > fired powerplants. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > _______________________________________________ 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)
