[Mgs] OT : Tesla - in the flesh!!

[Max Heim]

Well, not ALL electric power plants are coal-fired (not even in Texas). With
a mix of hydro, natural gas, coal and wind, like we have in CA, at least you
can claim that SOME of the energy powering your car isn't fossil fuel
sourced, or carbon generating. Which you can't say for gas or diesel
vehicles.

It would be even better if the emissions standards for power plants were as
stringent as they are for automobiles, which is not remotely the case...

on 2/27/09 6:54 AM, Rick Lindsay at rolindsay at yahoo.com wrote:

> I get a kick out of all the emphasis, praise and glory that electric vehicles
> get.  Just yesterday there was a glowing piece on NPR about new electric
> trucks introduced at LA and Longbeach ports.  Everyone was just drooling over
> how GREEN everything was.  Lots of folks there patting themselves on the back.
> Perhaps they didn't read the bit about the electricity that they use being
> generated by coal-fired power plants.  Electric vehicles just transfer the
> source of the pollution away from the wealthy, artsy neighborhoods to the blue
> collar neighborhoods where the power plants were built!   That's right.
> There's no free lunch.
> 
> rick

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Max Heim
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If you're near Mountain View, CA,
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