> ...when you plug in your electric, you are simply transferring the carbon > footprint to wherever the electricity is produced. Very true. But at least fuel for electricity from the power company is domestically produces and is not oil (or at least most are not). And emissions from point energy production can be much more easily controlled and efficiency can more easily increased. > ...and have you checked out how much it will cost to replace those fancy > Prius/etc. batteries? $1500/4000 used/new... The Prius has been produced since the late 1990s. To the best of my knowledge, Toyota has yet to replace a single set of batteries. So apparently the last a pretty long time and are pretty reliable. And then the theory is that in some relatively short period of time, prices of batteries will fall as production goes up - so presumably, when the time does come to replace the batteries, they will be quite a bit more reasonable than they are today. Theoretically. I haven't lost any sleep over it. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu> > Matthew Todd wrote: >> They are helping yes, exactly! >> >> */Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>/* wrote: >> >> I think we're getting off topic, so I changed the subject line to >> reflect it. >> To the best of my knowledge, supply and demand. Are you suggesting >> electric cars are driving up gasoline prices? >> Terry Farrell >> > > > ...and the curmudgeon says: > > ...when you plug in your electric, you are simply transferring the carbon > footprint to wherever the electricity is produced. > ...and have you checked out how much it will cost to replace those fancy > Prius/etc. batteries? $1500/4000 used/new... > > anOn >
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