There was an episode called Smug Alert on South Park that dealt with these electric car nazis -- and how it made them feel better. It was hysterical.
Posted on 06/13/2011 12:13:38 PM PDT by nhwingut
ELECTRIC cars could produce higher emissions over their lifetimes than petrol equivalents because of the energy consumed in making their batteries, a study has found.
An electric car owner would have to drive at least 129,000km before producing a net saving in CO2. Many electric cars will not travel that far in their lifetime because they typically have a range of less than 145km on a single charge and are unsuitable for long trips. Even those driven 160,000km would save only about a tonne of CO2 over their lifetimes.
The British study, which is the first analysis of the full lifetime emissions of electric cars covering manufacturing, driving and disposal, undermines the case for tackling climate change by the rapid introduction of electric cars.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.com.au ...
Gee what a shocker, isn’t that what we’ve been saying to these nutjobs forever?
What idiots.
I’ve been waiting for someone to bring up batteries. Not only do you have to make the chemically nasty things, but you have to dispose of them. Can you imagine how many there would be to dispose of if everyone drove electric cars?
I mean there was an article a long time ago saying the carbon footprint to make a prius was far larger than what it took to make a hummer (when we made them). Because of the battery.
The person that buys an electric car DOES NOT want to hear this.
The reason he buys the car is to feel good about himself for “doing something to save the erf”.
I turned to my wife and said, "Running on coal is sooooooo much better."
The assumption here is that CO2 is a pollutant, which of course it is not. Even worse though, the concept of green implies something good for plant life, but plant life loves co2, so in reality, anything that produces co2, and especially if it produces lots of it, should be considered green.
Boy, this is a real stunner of a study, ay?
So, one has to drive nearly 80-thousand-miles before it makes any appreciable difference in emissions.
Golly, who’d thunk it?
....then it is time for a new battery, so that resets the clock, or totals the car. Not green.
I bought my super-low emission Honda Hybrid because I commute 1000 miles a week and it gets 47 mpg. Just pure naked greed on my part. p.s. I used the $4500 clunker deal to allay the cost.
Wake me up when the liberal geniuses figure out that the electrical plug of the car eventually connects to some dirty fossil fuel power plant.
That was actually from The Recorder, a student newspaper at Central Connecticut State University.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904448/posts
bkmk
This British study is horse manure. Even if not for the batteries, unless you charge it with solar/hydro/wind/geothermal/atomic, you have to burn fuel. Most of our electricity comes from coal, and a car engine is more efficient than a steam turbine.
HB,
Good to know that many of my friends here at FR understand that CO2 is moist plant food.
Now if we could just overcome the fact that the average IQ is 100...
Too many people just don’t understand the most simple science.
Wondering if they account for the 50% or more coal source of the electricity. Checking...
Standard average IQ is 100 by definition................
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