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Re:Suburban sprawl is stifling the US economy by hayksaakian on Sunday March 29, 2015 @12:28AM (#9283875)
what if electric cars (tesla, nissan leaf, etc.) get more popular?

then you can separate the source of energy from the consumer of energy.

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Re:Suburban sprawl is stifling the US economy by crimsonalucard on Sunday March 29, 2015 @12:56PM (#9285528)
Shifting power consumption away from gasoline onto the grid is definitely more efficient. However a significant amount of our grid is still powered by fossil fuels. It will depend on whether or not renewable sources have the capacity to support a car economy.
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