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From: Tom Gray <tgray>
Subject: More Evidence For Electric Cars

/* Written  8:05 am  Jan 29, 1992 by edfclimate in cdp:transport */
/* ---------- "More Evidence For Electric Cars" ---------- */
From "Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions With Alternative Transportation
Fuels" by EDF Senior Scientist Dr. Diane Fisher:

Source of Electricity:                          grams CO2 equiv/kWh

Coal                                                1081
Oil                                                  937
Gas                                                  661
Nuclear                                               59
Solar                                                  0
U.S. Projected Electric Fuel Mix, year 2000          743
Electric Vehicle Overnight Charging Mix(*)           952

(*) Assuming electric vehicles are more likely to be
recharged at night than during the peak electricity hours, one must
account for the fact that solar energy  contributes little to 
nighttime electricity supply.

For copies of the report, call EDF's California office at 510-658-8008