Re: IEEE Article on Plug-In Hybrids

[Jed Rothwell]

I wrote:

I disagree. First, about 32% of electricity comes from hydroelectric, 
nuclear or alternatives.

Plus, I forgot to mention, most electric cars will be recharged overnight, 
when most electricity comes from baseline nuclear power in most states. (I 
think it is around 80%.) What it boils down to is that with electric cars, 
we could have millions of nuclear powered automobiles, with no change to 
the present infrastructure. We would use more uranium.

Uranium demand has increased a great deal lately, and there is a boom in 
uranium mining in the U.S. western states and elsewhere.

I think that plug-in hybrids really do have the potential to end our 
dependence on imported oil quickly. We could do it in 5 or 10 years in a 
crash program, if we had to. At present the U.S. imports ~60% of its oil, 
11 million barrels per day, an appalling number.

- Jed