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Originally Posted by Peter.M
It is a good point to bring up the issue of power generation in Australia, but to say that an electric car generates more greenhouse than an ICE is a bit of a stretch..
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Its not a stretch, its a fact, electric cars in Australia right now are a potential enviromental disaster. Although on board energy conversion to traction power is efficient, the generation, delivery and storage of this power is wildly inefficient and expensive (let alone the enviromental impacts of actually building them and the infrustracture to support them, which is very energy intensive). Until these factors are resolved, electric cars are vastly more enviromentaly damaging than internal combustion. I agree, alternative energy scources are the key, but let us not kid ourselves, right now, electic cars are NOT the answer to anything.