In my opinion, if a person makes an investment in their own solar or wind system so that they can produce enough clean electricity to power their vehicle, we should not consider that energy to have otherwise been available to replace dirty energy on the grid. After all, the RE incentive system is designed not to pay for more than your household consumption. So, if you don't own an electric car, it is unlikely that you would invest in a larger private solar or wind system than you can use, just so that others on the grid can have access to it. However, I think it is more responsible to either buy RE from the grid or install your own RE if you do own an electric car, since it is true that coal is the inefficient and dirty source of much of our electricity.
Gay On Jul 17, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Tony Del Plato wrote: > I was taken aback by the this thought and wondered if anyone on the TC > Sustainability list has a take on whether a Prius, if plugged in to > re-charge its battery, could indirectly pollute more than and is less > efficient than a gasoline fueled car. The article below sounds > compelling in > light of the coal industry trying to get into the transportation > market. > Tony Del Plato > > http://www.betterworldclub.com/articles/DC_Case_Against_Electric_Car.htm > > -- > > "Justice is what love looks like in public." > ~ Dr. Cornel West > > > -- > > "Justice is what love looks like in public." > ~ Dr. Cornel West > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County > area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org ---------------------------------------------------- Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. 607-533-7312 (home office) 607-279-6618 (cell) 1 Maple Avenue Lansing, NY 14882 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sustainable Tompkins Program Coordinator www.sustainabletompkins.org Southern Tier Energy$mart Communities Regional Coordinator Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County 615 Willow Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
