[backwoods-engineer]

I had a liberal arts major try to argue with me, an electronics engineer who is schooled in electrochemistry and quantum mechanics, that the battery-operated car is far superior to the internal combustion engine in every way. In typical commie-lib fashion, after I demolished his greenie feel-good arguments, he switched to a line of "well, what about?" questions. Deflection is the last retreat of a commie-lib on the losing end of the argument, where they spend most of their time.

Electrochemical reactions are not the most efficient way in the world to store energy. But greenies are in love with batteries, because they don't see the nuclear or, worse for them, coal-fired electrical generating plants that power their idiot "charging station" at the mall.

[ThunderSleeps]

But greenies are in love with batteries, because they don't see the nuclear or, worse for them, coal-fired electrical generating plants that power their idiot "charging station" at the mall.

Yep. Just yesterday I saw (read) another idiot claim that so-and-so's electric car ... blah blah blah ... "all without producing any emissions!"

Yeah, um, where do you think most of that electricity comes from that charges your wonderful little experiment in marketing? I just looked it up, electrical production in the US is 87% by fossil fuels and nuclear (which is finite and has waste products, so I'm not counting it as renewable)

[woodbutcher1963]

Please explain to us folks who did not make it past Calculus II and general physics how exactly does a hydrogen fuel cell work? How many does it take to power a 3000# car? Are they going to burn my garage/house down?