UoCS Study: How Green are Electric Cars?

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Sure, if the thing starts burning oil due to leaky rings or valve seals things are going to go downhill, but in general with a fuel injected car which has been maintained well you will not see any significant change MPG or emissions.

Which is part of my point that ICE cars get dirtier as the age. Sure CARB and some other states limit the amount of allowed exhaust annually but where is that burning oil you mention going to? What about the ground oil that is on parking spaces and roadways? That did not stop when Smog checks began. Dirty is dirty.

Lets look at all the other ways ICEs continue to get dirty. Have you been to Mexico? What if they drove all EVs there and the rest of the world? What about the worldwide millions of non smog checked garden tools, motorcycles, forklifts, construction equipment, golfcarts, etc., etc, all which would be clean on day one and day1000 if they were all electric and not gas, oil-gas mix or diesel from day one to dirty 1000.

 

[MarkR]

All depends upon the sources of your power:

How Green Are Electric Cars? Depends on Where You Plug In - NYTimes.com

Back of the basis of this Tread: If it "All depends upon the sources of your power," why aren't we being inundated with ads from Solar City to install solar panels? Seems to me that Elon is missing a marketing opportunity.

 

[jerry33]

Back of the basis of this Tread: If it "All depends upon the sources of your power," why aren't we being inundated with ads from Solar City to install solar panels? Seems to me that Elon is missing a marketing opportunity.

I actually called Solar City, but it didn't work out that well. Here in Texas the only two choices are pay cash and buy or pay cash for the entire lease term up front. At a bit over $8K to put panels up that would do about 40% of my current electric bill ( $150 - $200 /month) makes the pay back period too long.

 

[Tempus]

I actually called Solar City, but it didn't work out that well. Here in Texas the only two choices are pay cash and buy or pay cash for the entire lease term up front. At a bit over $8K to put panels up that would do about 40% of my current electric bill ( $150 - $200 /month) makes the pay back period too long.

heck, when i tried to talk to solar city, they wouldn't even talk to me here in virginia. Stupid state.

 

[Robert.Boston]

[Moderator's Note: the Gardening Tools discussion has moved.]