The difference is that the Teslas don't concentrate their nitrogen oxides, etc. in the cities - it's the "not in my back yard" effect. You've moved the source of pollution to lesser populated areas.
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yes I get the impression we are headed toward radically different cars. > Teslas put as much carbon into the atmosphere as any other high economy > car. The only way to reduce that is to lower the weight of the vehicle, or > increase passengers per vehicle. I would actually ride a faired recumbent > trike to work and back daily were it not for fear of being crushed in what > would otherwise be a fender bender in a regular car. But if all cars > weighed 100lb, the playing field would level out a lot. I see electric > bikes quite often around here, which have to be pretty efficient. > On Apr 25, 2016 6:28 AM, "Peter Frederick via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
