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Electric cars put out much less pollution and much less carbon dioxide per mile than gasoline cars.
As I posted above, it takes more electricity to run a gasoline car the same distance as an electric car. So the gasoline car has all the pollution of the electric car PLUS the pollution from the gasoline, and from the natural gas that is also used to produce the gasoline.
The so-called "long tailpipe" argument against electric cars is completely negated by this. Yes, pollution is emitted by electric power plants, but even more pollution is emitted all through the process of producing gasoline. And the gasoline itself produces more pollution than the electric car.
Another point we cannot forget is we can get electricity for the next *Billion* years or so -- as long as the earth still exists. How long will oil last? How is it that we have the "right" to burn up the oil and gas and coal as quickly as we can? Don't we owe our lives to this earth and a clean environment? How can we justify completely upending the climate and using up all the resources as quickly as we can?
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