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Old 06-18-2010, 02:20 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Additionally if you are going to carry out the comparison between liquid fuels and EV then you also have to factor in the cost of the infrastructure and the power / resources needed to make the batteries, motors, controller electronic components (electronic manufacture uses a lot of nasty chemicals) and thats on top of the normal car resources excluding ICE components.
To be fair, then, the comparison should include the cost of manufacturing the ICE car components.

And don't forget the hazmat cleanup costs of gas stations. There's an EPA site (used to be a gas station) a few blocks from my house that they've been working on for months. Who's paying for that?

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You could argue that infrastructure is there already powering our homes but this is a new level of demand our current system doesn't cope with.
Well, maybe. Typically electrical use is a lot lower at night, when most EVs would recharge. So there might be a modest increase in demand, but it will probably take a long time to materialize.
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