[SustainableTompkins] Prius/electric Cars Could Be Polluters

[Simon St.Laurent]

It's not a complete answer, but it's also worth noting that I've heard 
of plug-in hybrids as one approach for storing home-scale wind power 
generated at night for use during the day.  (Wind is strongest at night, 
when electrical consumption is least.)

I'm just happy to have a 15-watt solar panel on my garden shed right 
now, powering an electric fence and more to come - but we'll see how far 
I can get.

Thanks,
Simon St.Laurent

Adele Gay Nicholson wrote:
> In my opinion, if a person makes an investment in their own solar or  
> wind system so that they can produce enough clean electricity to power  
> their vehicle, we should not consider that energy to have otherwise  
> been available to replace dirty energy on the grid.  After all, the RE  
> incentive system is designed not to pay for more than your household  
> consumption.  So, if you don't own an electric car, it is unlikely  
> that you would invest in a larger private solar or wind system than  
> you can use, just so that others on the grid can have access to it.   
> However, I think it is more responsible to either buy RE from the grid  
> or install your own RE if you do own an electric car, since it is true  
> that coal is the inefficient and dirty source of much of our  
> electricity.
> 
> Gay
> 
> 
> On Jul 17, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Tony Del Plato wrote:
> 
>> I was taken aback by the this thought and wondered if anyone on the TC
>> Sustainability list has a take on whether a Prius, if plugged in to
>> re-charge its battery, could indirectly pollute more than and is less
>> efficient than a gasoline fueled car. The article below sounds  
>> compelling in
>> light of the coal industry trying to get into the transportation  
>> market.
>> Tony Del Plato
>>
>> http://www.betterworldclub.com/articles/DC_Case_Against_Electric_Car.htm
>>
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