Originally Posted by gmack
Originally Posted by toltecgriz

Remember, electric cars really run on coal.


Exactly. Changing one form of energy to another is never as efficient as direct use. I have my suspicions about all hybrid vehicles for that reason. Maybe it's somewhat efficient to run a small gas engine at a constant rpm and store that energy in a battery as opposed to an engine subject to the whims of the operator...... but I'd have to crunch the numbers myself to believe it. All because of a rule in energy conversion..... there is always some loss.

I think the final truth will be that electric, as currently produced, is at greater cost and polution.





I agree with your statements but I think oil's cost also isn't truly shown at the pump. If you add in the indirect costs of our giant military, middle east wars, and payoffs to foreign dictators you'd see we pay a lot more than the current $3.50 a gallon. Oil's environmental costs haven't been small either if you remember the BP Gulf or Exxon Valdez oil spills. Our dependence on cheap plentiful energy is a real vulnerability.


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