It's not a complete answer, but it's also worth noting that I've heard of plug-in hybrids as one approach for storing home-scale wind power generated at night for use during the day. (Wind is strongest at night, when electrical consumption is least.)
I'm just happy to have a 15-watt solar panel on my garden shed right now, powering an electric fence and more to come - but we'll see how far I can get. Thanks, Simon St.Laurent Adele Gay Nicholson wrote: > 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 > > !DSPAM:487fb22020711222944467! > _______________________________________________ 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
