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Re:Entrepreneur’s Letter to Obama: Give Americans a Great Ch... by cryptoz on Friday January 25, 2013 @03:58PM (#5117590)
> A car with triple the gas mileage is yawn-worthy?

In 10 years? Extremely yawn-worthy. Tesla plans on building a 0 emissions, all-electric car and selling it around $20,000 in two years. Not 10 years with epic, huge pollution going everywhere.

> How out of touch are you? Do you not believe emissions are a serious problem?

How out of touch are you? Obviously emissions are a serious problem. That's why we shouldn't aspire as a country to be emitting gigantic amounts of greenhouse gasses from our cars in 10 years.

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Re:Entrepreneur’s Letter to Obama: Give Americans a Great Ch... by youngerdryas on Friday January 25, 2013 @04:02PM (#5117612)
An electric car is essentially coal powered.
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Re:Entrepreneur’s Letter to Obama: Give Americans a Great Ch... by cryptoz on Friday January 25, 2013 @04:06PM (#5117636)
No, it's not. That doesn't make any sense at all, especially in the context of my example. Teslas that are charged with the SuperCharger system are solar powered. Teslas that are purchased in my province (Quebec) are Hydro powered. Electric cars charged from coal power plants are still a dramatic improvement to the system, despite having a terrible pollutant in the charge somewhere.
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Re:Entrepreneur’s Letter to Obama: Give Americans a Great Ch... by youngerdryas on Friday January 25, 2013 @04:34PM (#5117786)
> Electric cars charged from coal power plants are still a dramatic improvement to the system, despite having a terrible pollutant in the charge somewhere.

Maybe you are referring to clean coal technology which I am dubious of, but I think it is unlikely that tranferring cheap electric power across great distance is more efficient.

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Re:Entrepreneur’s Letter to Obama: Give Americans a Great Ch... by jordan0day on Friday January 25, 2013 @04:15PM (#5117674)
Sometimes. It depends on what part of the world you're in.

If your statement is meant to imply that electric cars are a bad idea because they're "essentially coal powered", I disagree. Imagine if doctors applied that kind of logic: "We'll, you could quit smoking, but, I mean, you're still going to die eventually anyway."

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Re:Entrepreneur’s Letter to Obama: Give Americans a Great Ch... by youngerdryas on Friday January 25, 2013 @06:02PM (#5118247)
I did not mean to imply that electric cars were a bad idea, a friend tried to buy a Tesla Roadster and I was excited to drive it. I just meant it will not be a panacea in two years or even ten, but almost certainly eventually.
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