Green Energy Post

Phil questioned:


If we’re talking about conventional electric cars that have to be plugged in, you have to consider how that electricity is being generated. The majority of power plants in this country are COAL-POWERED. If we all had electric cars, we wouldn’t have any exhaust coming out of the cars, but there would be a lot more coal being burned to generate the electricity to charge the cars’ batteries. So how does that reduce pollution?

Roll_Tide! questioned:


Would electric cars not be worse for the environment? We do not have enough power plants on the grid to plug in that many cars.

BlueCollarMan questioned:


I saw a hybrid on the road yesterday- the owner was so proud of himself he had a license plate that said “Low CO2″
DUH- Everyone seems to act like electricity is free!!- we all know its expensive- and its production is hardly pollution free
The real questions are is how does the cost of added electric bills compare to cost of ordinary cars
How much pollution do electric plants cause- most are coal fired.