What is needed is very small cars with little mass, as the first cars were. Small cars use a fraction of the fuel required by even a Prius. It is car size and mass that determines the amount of fuel, and until you cut the mass significantly, you will still get a polluting vehicle. You will never get people out of their cars but you can cut the size of them and get very significant fuel savings, just as the first Model T did.
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Tony Del Plato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
