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I will say that the Tesla actually looks pretty cool. Hopefully they will sell enough that they can get the price point down so that it's more affordable.
However . . . hypothetically speaking, where's the electricity going to come from to power a large number of electric cars? We're having power issues in the summer months already; what happens when say 25% of the cars on the road are pure electrics?
From a scientific standpoint the obvious solution is to a) beef up the transmission lines, which are long overdue to be upgraded, and b) build more power plants. The big question there is, how much of a fix is there from an environmental standpoint if we're just adding more coal-burners? Not an ideal fix, obviously. So solar, hydroelectric, and nuclear are the way to go.
Solar and hydroelectric have geographic limitations. Adding a bunch of new nuke plants would thus seem to be the way to go - but aren't the same folks who clamor for less usage of fossil fuels the same ones who protest new nuke plants?
Ideally speaking we'd do away with coal burning entirely. But I don't think that can be done without nuclear power. Thoughts?
However . . . hypothetically speaking, where's the electricity going to come from to power a large number of electric cars? We're having power issues in the summer months already; what happens when say 25% of the cars on the road are pure electrics?
From a scientific standpoint the obvious solution is to a) beef up the transmission lines, which are long overdue to be upgraded, and b) build more power plants. The big question there is, how much of a fix is there from an environmental standpoint if we're just adding more coal-burners? Not an ideal fix, obviously. So solar, hydroelectric, and nuclear are the way to go.
Solar and hydroelectric have geographic limitations. Adding a bunch of new nuke plants would thus seem to be the way to go - but aren't the same folks who clamor for less usage of fossil fuels the same ones who protest new nuke plants?
Ideally speaking we'd do away with coal burning entirely. But I don't think that can be done without nuclear power. Thoughts?