Originally Posted by
blacksheep-1
My opinion on plug in hybrids is basically this. We transfer the pollution from the tailpipe of the vehicle to the smoke stack at the power generating plant.
That, and we are assuming there will be no "rolling blackouts" like there seems to be every summer to screw up the "plug in" portion of the formula.
problem is the amount of pollution created by the cars far exceeds the amount of pollution created by producing the electricity to charge them. Start looking at covering a house with solar cells, small back yard verticle wind turbines, natural gas and a dozen other technologies available or almost available and it bends even more in favor of the EV.