The idea that electric cars are somehow better for the environment is more junk science. The electricity that fuels the cars is produced by plants that burn fossil fuels and the more electricity needed for peak hours the less efficient and more polluting plants are used. And of course the batteries use minerals that are mined by children and slaves in Africa (yes that’s right, research it - slavery was abolished in USA but still exists in Africa and elsewhere). The people who buy electric cars to save the environment are as deluded as private plane flying Al Gore.
Was getting ready to compose letter to editor for local news paper about this evil .Would be great if all concerned could get it in there parish bulletin or on prayer list to bring attention to those that have their heads in the sand.
” The electricity that fuels the cars is produced by plants that burn fossil fuels and the more electricity needed for peak hours the less efficient and more polluting plants are used.”
Cars can be recharged during off-peak hours while you sleep ...
“And of course the batteries use minerals that are mined by children and slaves in Africa”
Of course the computer you are typing on uses minerals that are mined by children and slaves in Africa, right?
“are as deluded as private plane flying Al Gore.”
Al Gore is NOT deluded. He is the deluder.
If you really intend to adopt electric vehicles, you have to face certain realities. For example, a home charging system for a Tesla requires 75 amp service.
The average house is equipped with 100 amp service. On our small street (approximately 25 homes), the electrical infrastructure would be unable to carry more than 3 houses with a single Tesla, each. For even half the homes to have electric vehicles, the system would be wildly over-loaded.
This is the elephant in the room with electric vehicles ... Our residential infrastructure cannot bear the load. So as our genius elected officials promote this nonsense, not only are we being urged to buy the damn things and replace our reliable, cheap generating systems with expensive, new windmills and solar cells, but we will also have to renovate our entire delivery system! This latter “investment” will not be revealed until we’re so far down this dead-end road that it will be presented with an oops and a shrug.
If you want to argue with a green person over cars that are eco-friendly, just read the following:
Note: If you ARE a green person, read it anyway. Enlightening.
Eric test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors...and he writes...For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine. Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the battery. So, the range including the 9-gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles.
It will take you 4-1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.
According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery. The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked up what I pay for electricity. I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $116 per kwh. 16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery. $18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery. Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine that gets only 32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile.
The gasoline powered car costs about $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000........So the American Government wants loyal Americans not to do the math, but simply pay 3 times as much for a car, that costs more than 7 times as much to run, and takes 3 times longer to drive across the country…..
If all electricity was produced by fossil fuels this would be a true statement. It's not.