> I agree, but in some areas a lot of the energy *is* > being produced by coal. So there's a need to avoid understating that.
I disagree completely. Electricity can be 90% coal in some areas, but if 83% of EV owners are putting up solar or subscribing to wind power then there is no need to condem all EV owners for coal when only 17% of them are using it and intend to continue to use it. > Fortunately, the amount of electricity produced by coal > will be dropping fairly quickly. But for 83% of us, it has dropped to Zero NOW. We aren't waiting. I'll be darned if I am going to be condemned for burning coal when I don't. Just like I don't like the implication that if 20% of Americans smoke, then on average, I smoke 4 out of every cigarette in every pack of 20. I don't smoke any and I don't use ANY coal for fuel for my EV. Bob, WB4APR Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 17, 2015, at 6:05 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Who would have thought even a decade ago that FORD would be issuing > apparently pro-EV news releases? > > That said, IMO we need to be a little more careful how we use the Ford > survey data. It doesn't say that 83% of EV owners are charging their > EVs with PV. It says that 83% of them HAVE or ARE INTERESTED IN > GETTING PV capacity. That's a pretty substantial difference. > > Regrettably I can't find a web resource that breaks out the have-its > from the wanna-have-its. So, this number doesn't really tell us > anything about how many current EV owners are charging with alternative energy. > > What it does suggest is a strong correlation between EV ownership and > environmental consciousness. > > In terms of selling and promoting EVs, you can view this in two ways. > One is that promoters should "fish where the fish are," and continue > pushing EVs "green cred" or even increase these efforts. The other is > to say that the way to increased EV adoption is to edge toward > promoting their dollars-and- cents value. > > Which is the right EV promotion strategy? To determine that, we > should look at the reasons that owners bought gas-only "hybrids" 10-12 > years ago, vs why they buy them today. If we see a substantial > increase in Prius and other non-pluggable "hybrid" sales among > cost-conscious buyers over that decade, that might suggest that at > some point (though maybe not yet) we should swing toward promoting > EVs' economic benefits. If the majority of non-plug "hybrid" buyers > still buy them for their "greenness," that argues in favor of the first strategy above. > > Either way, we have a big job ahead of us to counter the growing > negative PR being dispensed by the traditional energy providers. They > have way more media clout than we do, and seem to be doing very well > at sowing FUD about EVs supposedly "increasing pollution" with > trumped-up, bogus data about coal fired powerplants. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL > Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. > To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the > webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
