THE ELECTRIC CAR SCAM ROLLS ONâ?¦
rpwillia0@... 27 May 27, 2011 @ 10:48 AM (PDT)says: Remember, the alternative power vehicles mean potentially less use of oil, thus driving that cost down for those not yet using those vehicles.
Oh dear, rpwillia0 , I guess you are in serious need of some economics and physics classes.
Do you not know that in the actual world we currently live in electricity comes overwhelmingly from burning fossil fuels? And that's not going to change to renewables any time soon. For example in the UK, after 30 years of development and piles of government subsidy (they euphemistically call it "feed-in tariffs"), wind power only supplies around 1% of our electricity. And wind power is the only alternative technology even remotely competitive with fossil fuels.
In the meanwhile, unless and until the nirvana of renewable power does arrive, did you not know from school physics that converting a primary fuel to electricity, and then delivering it over transmission power lines, loses energy efficiency all along the way? So the true fuel cost of running an electric vehicle will ALWAYS be more than one running on primary fuel. That???s not an arguable statement. That???s the second law of thermodynamics.
Only the various subsidies encouraging people to buy electric vehicles makes their purchase even marginally attractive, and then only to a minority of fairly rich people. In other words, the whole exercise is a political scam designed to make politicians all over the world look good and appear to be doing something about climate change (whilst actually doing very little).
The above realities put to one side, who wouldn't want an electric car? I would. Less noise. Faster acceleration. Higher reliability. Lower maintenance. No pollution (current catalytic converters are good but certainly not perfect). It all seems to make such great sense, doesn???t it?
It's just that in the real world, the above realities can't be put to one side. So don't use them as an argument. It just won't wash.
