 Electric cars could boost CO2 emissions in some provincesEnvironmental | 207871 hits | Mar 24 11:37 am | Posted by: Regina  Trying to go green by replacing your gas guzzler with an electric car? In some provinces, that may actually be worse for the environment, a University of Toronto researcher says.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Even so, the Chevy Volt was a blast to drive.
Tree huggers are fucking the enviroment.
Not true! Recently, greenhouse gas emissions had been in direct relation to economic activity stopped following that trend. That probably means that renewable energy is starting to effect emissions without a hit to economic development.
Electric always sounds good but unless it's generated by Nucular power or hydro dams, the foot print is bigger than gas burning engines.
Or solar or wind . .
While I'm all about the nuclear, it doesn't switch output during peak usage hours as quickly as we need it to. Renewables + batteries, or something like a molten salt generator could make a difference with this.
Tree huggers are fucking the enviroment. Electric always sounds good but unless it's generated by Nucular power or hydro dams, the foot print is bigger than gas burning engines.
That's not exactly what the article says.
In Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia...generate much of their electricity by burning coal, so consuming more electricity � by charging your electric car battery, for instance � significantly boosts carbon emissions.
... However, in the rest of Canada, driving an electric car is the greener choice, he found.
...The carbon emissions from electricity generation are measured in tonnes of CO2 emitted per gigawatt hour of electricity produced. That ranges from:
Close to 0 for hydroelectric, nuclear and renewable energy.
500 to 600 for natural gas power plants.
1,000 for coal-fired power plants.
For a given country or province, if average emissions were under 600 tonnes of CO2 per gigawatt hour, then switching from conventional to electric cars, buses and trucks will lead to a reduction in carbon emissions,
The problem isn't electric cars or "tree huggers", the problem as the article clearly states, is the continued archaic practice of burning coal in those 3 provinces. Even in a 100% Natural Gas grid there would likely be a benefit from electric cars.
There must be more progress that can be made with solar. I remember my solar-powered calculator as a kid and my plans to glue about sixty thousand of those onto a towncar.
That might power the windows on a Town Car.
BTW, Do they have a latch on the INSIDE of the trunk?
BTW, Do they have a latch on the INSIDE of the trunk (of a Lincoln Town Car)?
The new ones do but it's easily removed with wire cutters.
Solar, wind, tidal, geothermal. How much power can the Bay of Fundy alone generate?
To hell with storage batteries, pump water uphill, store it and then run it back through 24/7 generators.
I don't understand why Alberta and Saskatchewan aren't littered with more wind farms. It's not like they have to worry about the wind going away.
I don't know why Saskatchewan doesn't have much, but Alberta is ranked third in wind power.
http://canwea.ca/wind-energy/installed-capacity/
Electric vehicles just make you 'feel' good but generally all you are doing is offsetting your carbon footprint to the overall CO2 emissions. Until we stop burning coal for power, and in today's low methane gas costs, there is no reason why we should be burning coal.
Price. Coal has become rather cheap since it's become less popular.