Dave Land wrote: > >> And how do you generate the electricity that fuels the electric >> car? By burning coal? > > Or by wind or water or natural gas or nuclear reactions or ... > > Some of them pollute more than gasoline. Some less. It is possible > that large-scale electricity generation, transmission, storage and > use in an electric car is more efficient than the equivalent process > for hydrocarbon-fueled cars, > The purest use of any energy source is the most efficient. So, it's logical that we have electrical power coming from hydro, and cars powered by petroleum. It would be illogical to use hydroelectricity to propel cars, and then burn oil to generate electricity.
> but I wonder whether it is possible to > convince someone living in a country whose economy is so > tied to petrochemical production? > But that's because oil used to be, was, and still is one of the cheapest liquids in the world. And nobody charges for the oxigen it consumes. >> Who killed and kills the electric car is that electricity is >> much more expensive to propel cars than gasoline. > > So far. > The harsh logic of economics is all that dictates the death - or, better, the contraception - of the electric car. Why there are so few helicopter lines in modern cities? Just because they are too expensive, and few people want to pay 200 dollars to save 2 hours of traffic jam. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
