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To: rkral who wrote (71102)	9/18/2006 10:43:32 AM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

OT In a lot of areas in the country I would agree with you. Here in the Northwest virtually all of our electricity generation is renewable (hydro and now wind). But I do agree that every conversion reduces total system efficiency. That is why I think the "hydrogen" car is a total waste of time when you look at total system efficiency. Where is all the hydrogen going to come from????

To: rkral who wrote (71102)	9/18/2006 12:41:11 PM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

And as others have said, the most plentiful fuel we have to create the energy for these electric cars is coal, which is a big part of the problem. I keep reading about these new power plants on the drawing boards where they will inject the gases causing global warming into the ground. Sounds like a very interesting idea, I just have no idea how practical and what the long term ramifications of that are. In the future will we get incidents like those in Africa where hundreds died when that lake upchucked a bunch of gas?? How do the engineers even know they can safely inject this stuff in huge quantities into the ground wherever they decide to build a plant? Perhaps someone more knowledgeable here can comment... Regards, John