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Originally Posted by Dvae
Really?
This seems shortsighted on your part.
How was the electricity generated?
And what about the by-products used to produce the batteries and eventually the disposal of?
Not to mention all the synthetic material in the building of the car as well as producing any metal parts certainly used fossil fuels?
Yes fuck you BP?
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Actually here in the Great White North, alot of our electricity comes from Hydro electric damns up north.
And yes of course electricity can still be "dirty" when it comes from coal plants, but come on. Gas powered cars are the most inefficient beasts out there. They convert less than 9% of the energy they use into actually moving the car. The other 91% is wasted as heat and pollutants. It has hundreds of moving parts which all wear down and need replacing. It's also noisy as hell.
Electric cars have few moving parts, and convert more than 80% of their energy to movement. The car itself emits no pollution, needs no oil, makes no noise, and is as safe if not safer than gas powered cars.
Drive one - I promise you'll love it.