The Coming Age of Electric Cars

[szatmar666]

Run time: 06:12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BWGLAthgOg   Posted on YouTube: April 02, 2010 By YouTube Member: madashelldude Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 02, 2010 By DU Member: szatmar666 Views on DU: 758

 
Experimental stages in Israel and other countries under way, it could come to the USA by 2012 if the US government supported the idea.

[diane in sf]

1. The guy from Forbes is misinformed or lying about coal generated energy being more CO2

and energy intensive than internal combustion engines.

[speedcat]

2. so what

he is right that we don't want to use coal as the means to fuel our vehicles...

powering our grid in clean, sustainable ways is just as important as addressing transportation energy.

[Quantess]

5. Yes. There are all kinds of clean, renewable energy sources that call for research & development.

I think it's exciting. Welcome to DU! :hi:

[szatmar666]

3. no, he is absolutely correct

coal gives us every year about 4 TW of energy globally, oil 5 TW, ie. 20% more, yet carbon emissions are the same at about 3 bn metric tons. Oil is far more efficient & clean fuel than coal. However I am hoping that the US will step up wind and solar and its grid will be much more renewable by 2015-20 when this will start to become an issue.

[greenman3610]

4. DOE study: net reductions in greenhouse gases going to electric cars

see video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSdnycHfLnQ

http://www.ferc.gov/about/com-mem/wellinghoff/5-24-07-technical-analy-wellinghoff.pdf
existing grid sufficient to power electric car economy

"For the United States as a whole, 84% of U.S. cars, pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) could be supported by the existing infrastructure, although the local percentages vary by region. Using the light duty vehicle fleet (LDV) classification, that includes cars, pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans, the technical potential is 73%."

[Yuugal]

6. K&R

[activa8tr]

7. cool

Why not here?