Saw a Tesla this morning on my commute in to work

[LTC8K6]

If you can afford the Tesla, you can afford an electrician, I guess.

The lower cost cars is where the problems may come in. Folks who'd buy those probably can't afford an electrician to install a fast charge station.

 

[waffleironhead]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
Coal powered car with a clean air sticker is priceless. 😀

Obvious troll is obvious.

 

[LTC8K6]

Obvious troll is obvious.

Thread crapper is thread crapper, I guess. I don't speak jive.

I like the Tesla, except for it's price. Whatever gave you the idea that I didn't?

Hate the pompous clean air sticker.

Read much?

 

[SSSnail]

The "Oh, it's charged by fossil fuel" crowd is a tad bit silly, borderline idiots if you ask me.

So it's better just to use something that's gonna pollute all the way from manufacturing, to the fuel and its production, to usage, to the end of its life? At least with the Tesla, you're eliminating some of the pollution at some stages.

Seriously, some of the arguments are just too dumb to counter; just because electricity has to come from somewhere, albeit not some very clean source, but doesn't mean we can just say "Well, it comes from coal/oil/cow farts..." and pollute some more. If you just piss your pants, would you just might as well shit in it too? (Sorry for the graphic depictions).

 

[LTC8K6]

Well, you have to consider the whole energy chain, not just one end of it.

It's just as silly to say, "It's electric, so it's zero pollution.", which is often the claim.

IIRC, the Leaf site has that writ large...

 

[BUTCH1]

There will always be pollution if fossil fuels are burned but the net output will be much lower with an electric car as a huge part of burning it via an internal combustion engine is waste heat. Power plants can be made to burn coal pretty damm cleanly but it's a big cost in upgrades to do so..

 

[sdifox]

What we really need is Mr Fusion...

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
Well, you have to consider the whole energy chain, not just one end of it.

It's just as silly to say, "It's electric, so it's zero pollution.", which is often the claim.

IIRC, the Leaf site has that writ large...

A fossil-fueled electric power plant is much more efficient than an internal combustion engine.

Besides, what if you're from the Pacific Northwest and get the majority of your electricity from hydroelectric sources? But I digress.

What we really need to do is start building nuclear power plants.

 

[LTC8K6]

What about the poor fish and the snails and the rare snoot crab that the dam is killing? 😀