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To: elmatador who wrote (766)	9/23/2005 12:19:01 PM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 219328

I don't think so. Power stations can operate at far higher efficiencies than internal combustion engines in cars and electric motors are also highly efficient, so even with transmission losses it seems that electric cars could produce less carbon dioxide and certainly not more. It opens the potential also for the following options: 1. Running cars on plentiful coal (high carbon though) 2. Sequestration of carbon from central locations 3. Nuclear etc. and other source of electric power. 4. Generation of hydrogen for future fuel cells etc. Anyway there is nothing really about the hybrid car that implies we have to got to electric or hydrogen powered cars. Though in theory a hybrid could be topped up with mains power but the batteries won't hold a lot. It just makes sense to use less fuel, though at the moment the extra components are expensive. Lovins is promoting cars that weigh a lot less using carbon fibre etc. I don't know how practical that will be. European car companies have gone down the diesel route with filters etc. but seem to be looking now to explore the hybrid direction.