<VV> Chevy Volt

[Dave Keillor]

Alan,

You're assuming that CO2 emissions are easier to manage when they come
from a multitude of sources (gasoline engines) rather than one source
(generating plant).  Do you have any data to support than assertion?

Btw, here in the Midwest we have lots of CO2-loving corn and thousands
of non-CO2 producing windmills.

Dave Keillor
 

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Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:04 PM
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Subject: Re: <VV> Chevy Volt

It's a plug-in electric, so when the battery runs down it can run on 
gasoline (no pollution or CO2 advantage at all when it's doing that
then). I 
don't have a problem with its range on electricity - I accept that a
large 
proportion of journeys are under 40 miles.

What I have a problem with is how the electricity is generated - it's a 
completely pointless exercise unless you get your electricity generation

sorted out first (like the French have).

The point I was making was that, in the USA, plug-in electricity is just
as 
(if not more so) a polluting power source as gasoline, because of the
way 
the electricity is generated.

So all the Volt (and other electric cars, whether or not they can also
run 
on gasoline or diesel) do, when they are running on electricity, is move
the 
CO2 output to the source of the power generation rather than the
location of 
the vehicle.

That's all.

Cheers

Alan