>> Careful: Studies have shown that about HALF of EV buyers also have >> SOLAR or sign up for 100% solar/wind from their utilities.
> Very interesting and promising statistic. > Do you have a cite? Yes. Thanks for making me look it up. Its actually 60% in this study if you include those that would signup if they could: "Many PEV owners have solar panels on their roofs. 42% of respondents have solar panels, 18% consider installation, and 40% have no plan to install. This compares to a statewide average for solar of less than 1% of the housing units [20]. From: http://pubs.its.ucdavis.edu/download_pdf.php?id=1839 > SO -never- use the published "utility generation mix" to > derive carbon impact of EV's without dividing it at least in HALF even > today to account for the demographics of EV buyers 50% of which use > 100% emissions free energy. Bob, Wb4aPR _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
