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In article <2ibc1c$3mu@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> waele@seas.gwu.edu (Wael El-Sharif) writes:

}That is CLEANER.  As for having to build new power plants, the answer is not
}necessarily - at least not on a large scale.  Because of Demand Side 
}Management (DSM), electric utilities in the U.S. have differed the need to
}build about 54 medium size power plants. DSM aims at reducing peak demand
}by offering incentives to customers to use more efficient electric equipment.
}Should the need to build more plants arise, it will still be cleaner as
}can be seen from the above figures.  At the power plants emissions are
}controllable and are away from our homes.

The idea behind DSM is also a cause of rolling blackouts on the hot
days of summer, and recently in the cold days of winter.  Using the
electric utilities to power transportation strikes me as putting too
many eggs in an already overfilled basket.

}As for "battery technology" look at the improvements over the past few month.

EV fans have been saying that for years.

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