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Technology Stocks : ZAP - 'Zero Air Pollution' vehicles
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To: jmhollen who wrote (167)10/3/2006 2:58:55 AM
From: sageyrain  Read Replies (1) of 201
 
You like to pick on California so:

"Electric vehicles produce little or no pollution directly; most of the pollution associated with their use is created at the power plant that provides their electricity. In the case of localities with high percentages of electricity coming from very clean energy source,s the emissions associated with electric vehicles is negligible. A good example of this scenario is California, which derives only about 20% of its electricity from so-called dirty sources like coal and oil [2]. The primary sources of electricity in California are natural gas-burning power plants and hydroelectric generators; both are clean sources of energy. A study from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense Fund indicates that the replacement of all internal combustion engine vehicles with electric vehicles in the Los Angeles Basin may cause reductions of between 37% and 99% in all categories of transportation related pollutants except for sulfur oxides [3]. A more detailed comparison of the amount of pollutants emitted by electric vehicles and modern, catalyst equipped, internal combustion engine vehicles is given in table 1. The distinction, the the L.A. Basin, is important because there is very little coal-fired [poor word choice] electricity used in Los Angeles. The study also noted that most of the pollutants caused by the electric vehicles came from the small component of electricity generated by coal-fired power plants. These predictions [poor word choice] highlight the potential cleanliness of electric vehicles when charged with a clean power source."

physics.ohio-state.edu

"I wonder how many of the unquestionable exspurts have considered that these 'DuraCell humbuggies' have to be recharged by 31% maximum energy-conversion efficiency, fossil-fueled Power Plants contributing to acid rain in 95% of the real portion of the USA."

For California, at least, EV's appear to make great sense to this novice (I am assuming that most charging will occur at night during off peak electrical demand).

So are you questionable? What am I missing as far as this California example goes?
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