Mad_Cabbie
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PC, less than half of electricity is generated from coal -- not "most of it."
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So, no real research on your parts, gals? They just suck, eh?
You seems not able to understand that the article itself IS research.
Buy a dictionary.
Right ... let me guess, some right-wing funded "think tank?"
Green Energy????
Just one more fake Liberal plan to grow government.
1. "....Green Cars Have a Dirty Little Secret
Producing and charging electric cars means heavy carbon-dioxide emissions.
2. Electric cars are promoted as the chic harbinger of an environmentally benign future. Ads assure us of "zero emissions," and President Obama has promised a million on the road by 2015. ... that million-car figure is a pipe dream.
3. But for those who do own an electric car, at least there is the consolation that it's truly green, right? Not really.
4. For proponents ... the main argument is that their electric cars—whether it's a $100,000 Fisker Karma (Mr. DiCaprio's ride) or a $28,000 Nissan Leaf—don't contribute to global warming.
5. ....electric cars don't emit carbon-dioxide on the road. But the energy used for their manufacture and continual battery charges certainly does—far more than most people realize.
6. .... [half the]carbon-dioxide emissions from an electric car come from the energy used to produce the car, especially the battery.
The mining of lithium, for instance, is a less than green activity. By contrast, the manufacture of a gas-powered car accounts for 17% of its lifetime carbon-dioxide emissions. When an electric car rolls off the production line, it has already been responsible for 30,000 pounds of carbon-dioxide emission. The amount for making a conventional car: 14,000 pounds.
a. If a typical electric car is driven 50,000 miles over its lifetime, the huge initial emissions from its manufacture means the car will actually have put more carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere than a similar-size gasoline-powered car driven the same number of miles.
b..... the energy used to recharge the electric car comes mostly from coal-fired power plants, it will be responsible for the emission of almost 15 ounces of carbon-dioxide for every one of the 50,000 miles it is driven—three ounces more than a similar gas-powered car.
7. ...they still recharge using electricity overwhelmingly produced with fossil fuels. Thus, the life-cycle analysis shows that for every mile driven, the average electric car indirectly emits about six ounces of carbon-dioxide. This is still a lot better than a similar-size conventional car, which emits about 12 ounces per mile. But remember, the production of the electric car has already resulted in sizeable emissions—the equivalent of 80,000 miles of travel in the vehicle.
8. ...the Nissan Leaf. It has only a 73-mile range per charge. Drivers attempting long road trips, as in one BBC test drive, have reported that recharging takes so long that the average speed is close to six miles per hour—a bit faster than your average jogger/
a. ...the batteries in electric cars fade with time, just as they do in a cellphone. Nissan estimates that after five years, the less effective batteries in a typical Leaf bring the range down to 55 miles. As the MIT Technology Review cautioned last year: "Don't Drive Your Nissan Leaf Too Much."
If a typical electric car is driven 50,000 miles over its lifetime, the huge initial emissions from its manufacture means the car will actually have put more carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere than a similar-size gasoline-powered car driven the same number of miles.
9.....the U.S. federal government essentially subsidizes electric-car buyers with up to $7,500. In addition, more than $5.5 billion in federal grants and loans go directly to battery and electric-car manufacturers like California-based Fisker Automotive and Tesla Motors . This is a very poor deal for taxpayers.
10. ....as a way to tackle global warming now it does virtually nothing. The real challenge is to get green energy that is cheaper than fossil fuels. ...Spending instead on subsidizing electric cars is putting the cart before the horse, and an inconvenient and expensive cart at that."
Bjorn Lomborg Green Cars Have a Dirty Little Secret - WSJ
Oh, noooozzzzzz!!
Another Liberal bubble burst.
Another cut and paste masterpiece.
Simply writing 'cut and paste' says nothing about the substance.
Is that why you wrote it?
You lack substance?
I was just sort of noticing how you're never actually the author of anything.
Green Energy????
Just one more fake Liberal plan to grow government.
1. "....Green Cars Have a Dirty Little Secret
Producing and charging electric cars means heavy carbon-dioxide emissions.
2. Electric cars are promoted as the chic harbinger of an environmentally benign future. Ads assure us of "zero emissions," and President Obama has promised a million on the road by 2015. ... that million-car figure is a pipe dream.
3. But for those who do own an electric car, at least there is the consolation that it's truly green, right? Not really.
4. For proponents ... the main argument is that their electric cars—whether it's a $100,000 Fisker Karma (Mr. DiCaprio's ride) or a $28,000 Nissan Leaf—don't contribute to global warming.
5. ....electric cars don't emit carbon-dioxide on the road. But the energy used for their manufacture and continual battery charges certainly does—far more than most people realize.
6. .... [half the]carbon-dioxide emissions from an electric car come from the energy used to produce the car, especially the battery.
The mining of lithium, for instance, is a less than green activity. By contrast, the manufacture of a gas-powered car accounts for 17% of its lifetime carbon-dioxide emissions. When an electric car rolls off the production line, it has already been responsible for 30,000 pounds of carbon-dioxide emission. The amount for making a conventional car: 14,000 pounds.
a. If a typical electric car is driven 50,000 miles over its lifetime, the huge initial emissions from its manufacture means the car will actually have put more carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere than a similar-size gasoline-powered car driven the same number of miles.
b..... the energy used to recharge the electric car comes mostly from coal-fired power plants, it will be responsible for the emission of almost 15 ounces of carbon-dioxide for every one of the 50,000 miles it is driven—three ounces more than a similar gas-powered car.
7. ...they still recharge using electricity overwhelmingly produced with fossil fuels. Thus, the life-cycle analysis shows that for every mile driven, the average electric car indirectly emits about six ounces of carbon-dioxide. This is still a lot better than a similar-size conventional car, which emits about 12 ounces per mile. But remember, the production of the electric car has already resulted in sizeable emissions—the equivalent of 80,000 miles of travel in the vehicle.
8. ...the Nissan Leaf. It has only a 73-mile range per charge. Drivers attempting long road trips, as in one BBC test drive, have reported that recharging takes so long that the average speed is close to six miles per hour—a bit faster than your average jogger/
a. ...the batteries in electric cars fade with time, just as they do in a cellphone. Nissan estimates that after five years, the less effective batteries in a typical Leaf bring the range down to 55 miles. As the MIT Technology Review cautioned last year: "Don't Drive Your Nissan Leaf Too Much."
If a typical electric car is driven 50,000 miles over its lifetime, the huge initial emissions from its manufacture means the car will actually have put more carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere than a similar-size gasoline-powered car driven the same number of miles.
9.....the U.S. federal government essentially subsidizes electric-car buyers with up to $7,500. In addition, more than $5.5 billion in federal grants and loans go directly to battery and electric-car manufacturers like California-based Fisker Automotive and Tesla Motors . This is a very poor deal for taxpayers.
10. ....as a way to tackle global warming now it does virtually nothing. The real challenge is to get green energy that is cheaper than fossil fuels. ...Spending instead on subsidizing electric cars is putting the cart before the horse, and an inconvenient and expensive cart at that."
Bjorn Lomborg Green Cars Have a Dirty Little Secret - WSJ
Oh, noooozzzzzz!!
Another Liberal bubble burst.
Another cut and paste masterpiece.
Simply writing 'cut and paste' says nothing about the substance.
Is that why you wrote it?
You lack substance?
I was just sort of noticing how you're never actually the author of anything.
I was just sort of noticing how you're never actually able to discuss a subject.....only lil' ol' moi.
Actually, I noticed it long ago.
Green Energy????
Just one more fake Liberal plan to grow government.
1. "....Green Cars Have a Dirty Little Secret
Producing and charging electric cars means heavy carbon-dioxide emissions.
2. Electric cars are promoted as the chic harbinger of an environmentally benign future. Ads assure us of "zero emissions," and President Obama has promised a million on the road by 2015. ... that million-car figure is a pipe dream.
3. But for those who do own an electric car, at least there is the consolation that it's truly green, right? Not really.
4. For proponents ... the main argument is that their electric cars—whether it's a $100,000 Fisker Karma (Mr. DiCaprio's ride) or a $28,000 Nissan Leaf—don't contribute to global warming.
5. ....electric cars don't emit carbon-dioxide on the road. But the energy used for their manufacture and continual battery charges certainly does—far more than most people realize.
6. .... [half the]carbon-dioxide emissions from an electric car come from the energy used to produce the car, especially the battery.
The mining of lithium, for instance, is a less than green activity. By contrast, the manufacture of a gas-powered car accounts for 17% of its lifetime carbon-dioxide emissions. When an electric car rolls off the production line, it has already been responsible for 30,000 pounds of carbon-dioxide emission. The amount for making a conventional car: 14,000 pounds.
a. If a typical electric car is driven 50,000 miles over its lifetime, the huge initial emissions from its manufacture means the car will actually have put more carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere than a similar-size gasoline-powered car driven the same number of miles.
b..... the energy used to recharge the electric car comes mostly from coal-fired power plants, it will be responsible for the emission of almost 15 ounces of carbon-dioxide for every one of the 50,000 miles it is driven—three ounces more than a similar gas-powered car.
7. ...they still recharge using electricity overwhelmingly produced with fossil fuels. Thus, the life-cycle analysis shows that for every mile driven, the average electric car indirectly emits about six ounces of carbon-dioxide. This is still a lot better than a similar-size conventional car, which emits about 12 ounces per mile. But remember, the production of the electric car has already resulted in sizeable emissions—the equivalent of 80,000 miles of travel in the vehicle.
8. ...the Nissan Leaf. It has only a 73-mile range per charge. Drivers attempting long road trips, as in one BBC test drive, have reported that recharging takes so long that the average speed is close to six miles per hour—a bit faster than your average jogger/
a. ...the batteries in electric cars fade with time, just as they do in a cellphone. Nissan estimates that after five years, the less effective batteries in a typical Leaf bring the range down to 55 miles. As the MIT Technology Review cautioned last year: "Don't Drive Your Nissan Leaf Too Much."
If a typical electric car is driven 50,000 miles over its lifetime, the huge initial emissions from its manufacture means the car will actually have put more carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere than a similar-size gasoline-powered car driven the same number of miles.
9.....the U.S. federal government essentially subsidizes electric-car buyers with up to $7,500. In addition, more than $5.5 billion in federal grants and loans go directly to battery and electric-car manufacturers like California-based Fisker Automotive and Tesla Motors . This is a very poor deal for taxpayers.
10. ....as a way to tackle global warming now it does virtually nothing. The real challenge is to get green energy that is cheaper than fossil fuels. ...Spending instead on subsidizing electric cars is putting the cart before the horse, and an inconvenient and expensive cart at that."
Bjorn Lomborg Green Cars Have a Dirty Little Secret - WSJ
Oh, noooozzzzzz!!
Another Liberal bubble burst.
Another cut and paste masterpiece.
Simply writing 'cut and paste' says nothing about the substance.
Is that why you wrote it?
You lack substance?
I was just sort of noticing how you're never actually the author of anything.
I was just sort of noticing how you're never actually able to discuss a subject.....only lil' ol' moi.
Actually, I noticed it long ago.
You never actually noticed anything, your too busy congratulating yourself all the time.
Another cut and paste masterpiece.
Simply writing 'cut and paste' says nothing about the substance.
Is that why you wrote it?
You lack substance?
I was just sort of noticing how you're never actually the author of anything.
I was just sort of noticing how you're never actually able to discuss a subject.....only lil' ol' moi.
Actually, I noticed it long ago.
You never actually noticed anything, your too busy congratulating yourself all the time.
Actually.....I'm more than capable of doing both.
Simply writing 'cut and paste' says nothing about the substance.
Is that why you wrote it?
You lack substance?
I was just sort of noticing how you're never actually the author of anything.
I was just sort of noticing how you're never actually able to discuss a subject.....only lil' ol' moi.
Actually, I noticed it long ago.
You never actually noticed anything, your too busy congratulating yourself all the time.
Actually.....I'm more than capable of doing both.
I can hardly wait to see you do either.
Fifty years from now they'll be laughing at us and our gasoline powered cars.
So, no real research on your parts, gals? They just suck, eh?
You seems not able to understand that the article itself IS research.
Buy a dictionary.
So, no real research on your parts, gals? They just suck, eh?
You seems not able to understand that the article itself IS research.
Buy a dictionary.
Ain't dat da trut?!?!!?!!?
"But according to Bloomberg, electric cars actually increase pollution in places like China, which produces the largest proportion of the world's lithium-ion battery cells--and, more importantly, their precursor materials.
A typical electric car can use 110 pounds of graphite, hybrid cars around 22 lbs, and even e-bikes use a couple of pounds. Laptops and smartphones use proportionally smaller amounts, but basically anything containing a battery with a graphite anode increases demand for the substance.
China supplies much of that demand, but graphite production is the cause of significant pollution in the country--a land already choked by smog, airborne pollution and other environmentally-damaging detritus."
Electric-Car Batteries Graphite And Pollution In China
rest at link
But you said "... your (sic) too busy congratulating yourself all the time."
You're really not too bright, are you.
You’re probably the right one to ask this….do illiterate folks get the full effect of alphabet soup?
But you said "... your (sic) too busy congratulating yourself all the time."
You're really not too bright, are you.
You’re probably the right one to ask this….do illiterate folks get the full effect of alphabet soup?
If only you could defend your threads with the same ferociousness that you defend your large brain.
But you said "... your (sic) too busy congratulating yourself all the time."
You're really not too bright, are you.
You’re probably the right one to ask this….do illiterate folks get the full effect of alphabet soup?
If only you could defend your threads with the same ferociousness that you defend your large brain.
Defend???
Against what?
Everything I post is clearly true.