Originally Posted by
sweeks
... The relative impact of electric cars depended on the electricity source. In parts of the US where electricity is produced from burning coal, hybrid cars were as environmentally friendly as electric cars. Where the all-electric cars really stood out was in areas where the electricity was provided by hydroelectric, wind...
I've had this argument with one of the local bicycling advocates here in 'The Lew' for the past 10 years. He's against supporting the use of electric vehicles/buses for public transportation because in this area we burn coal to produce electricity (he thinks that getting people on bicycles is a better solution... as though that's ever going to happen). I think he's a quack and it's in our best interest to get started on changing our infrastructure right now so that we're ready once we change over to a better way of producing the electricity we need to drive our city. You have to start somewhere and it's better to do it now than later.