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In article <mcaldon-2612952258580001@port24.wavenet.com>,
Don McKenzie <mcaldon@wavenet.com> wrote:
>In article <4bi8et$51e@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>, gregglns@ix.netcom.com
>(Gregg Lansley) wrote:
>
>> Sure, just recharge the batteries; no pollution at all.  Riiight.
>> Most supporters of electric vehicles never stop to consider where does
>> the charging current come from?  If everybody plugged in their cars
>> overnight, we'd need a lot more powerplants.  These vehicles are
>> hardly pollution free.
>> 
>Assuming the same amount of pollution would exist, at least it would be
>distributed in a less sensitive area than the center of town.  

Um. Could you be a bit more specific as to just what these
"less-sensitive" areas might be?

>But the same amount of pollution would not exist.  Generating plants
>have much idle capacity at night; millions have been spent on schemes
>to store energy so it can be used later.  Charging car batteries might be
>the best scheme yet.

You are wrong. The widespread use of EVs would require far more than
the current nightime idle capacity, much of which isn't anywhere near
as idle as you might think.

Also, I don't understand why you think that making the pollution at
night makes it better.

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