What would convince you to buy an electric car?

[Ted King]

Black wrote:
[quote=Filliam H. Muffman]
[quote=DP]
The biggest problem tho is pollution. In many parts of the country you put more pollution in the air by charging an electric car than burning gasoline.

Do you have any statistics or calculations to back that up? The two might be close in a city that gets electricity only from coal and comparing the electric car to a new hybrid.
I personally don't see air pollution as the biggest challenge facing this country at the moment, but there is devastating environmental destruction involved in farming these resources-- not even talking about occasional events like nuclear meltdowns and off-shore drilling disasters.

http://mountainjustice.org/facts/steps.php

for one.
I'm not sure, but I suspect DP was referring to the same basic idea I posted about coal-fired electrical generation. The pollution that is the biggest concern is CO₂ (although things like mercury volatilizing off burning coal is also a problem). Burning coal to generate electricity evidently produces more CO₂ than a comparable car running a gasoline motor.