P.S. I’m not against electric cars. I just don’t buy into the hype about how great they are for the environment.
” I’m not against electric cars. I just don’t buy into the hype about how great they are for the environment.”
Currently, since we have to burn $hit to make electricity, you’re right. Years ago, when I assumed the role of Director of Procurement for one of the major Silicon Valley companies, I had to negotiate a multi-year contract for the supply of Liquid Nitrogen (which is produce by the liquifaction of air, with a lot of electric power consumed). I took the contract and gave it to a supplier who was in the process of building a plant in Sacramento adjacent to the new Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Plant. They were able to cut the cost of the product by about 30% over their competitor by reason of cheap electric power. The Rancho Seco Plant has been long-closed because of the loons who see nuclear energy as a bomb. Nuclear Energy will, of necessity, come back (unless solar gets a whole lot more efficient) which presents a real conundrum for Liberals who are “more environmentally conscious” than the rest of us. Nuclear power makes electric cars viable. It also makes seawater desalinization practical. So for electric cars, the major source of their “pollution” goes away, leaving us with the issue of recycling batteries.