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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
...If you do some digging, you'll find evidence that even if an EV is powered 100% by coal, the inherent efficiencies of electric drive mean it's likely to produce fewer emissions than a comparable fossil fuel powered vehicle.
In addition, it's probably fair to say that the grid will get cleaner in the future. And so will anything plugged into it.
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Thank you MetroMPG! You are first person online this year (2010) to bring this up in a response to the classic "smokestack" counterpoint on EV's. In fact you can even point people to this website
LA Ash, Inc. - The USA's Largest Marketer & Byproduct Merchant of Petcoke Ash. I used to write software for them and learned first hand how clean coal really is! In fact, I drove on their theories everyday!
The grid will get much cleaner as we put more wind turbines on it. In fact, if you (El Duende & maybe MetroMPG), really feel bad about driving electrics because of the dangers of coal
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Why not purchase your electricity from a wind farm coop? Because of new energy trading policies, we all can buy our electricity from any source. I buy mine from a sugar cane refinery that burns their waste product! The cost is only about an "extra" $20 bucks per month for me.
I calculated that driving an EV 500 miles per month with my "eco-friendly" utility bill charge it would make that "extra" only $30!