Electric Cars

August 7th, 2008

Will electric cars really solve the problem that is our dependency on foreign oil? Do we even have that problem? Maybe, who knows. To me, electric implies that you have to plug the car into a wall outlet to charge it, like an electric golf cart. Where does that electricity come from? The electric company (not the TV show). Where do they get that energy? I’m not sure how they do it these days. It’s probably a mixture of fossil fuels (the majority), wind, and solar power.

So that brings me to this: if you scrap your gas guzzler for an electric car that you have to charge using fossil fuels, does that really solve the problem? It sounds like trading one evil for another. I could be wrong. I haven’t done any research to find out how the electric companies generate their power, but I think it’s a very valid question, AND an electric vehicle is not the solution unless it’s mostly solar powered (or I guess you could get your own windmill to charge the car). Discuss amongst yourselves.

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