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Why are electric cars considered green when they use electricity from coal to power them?

electric — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:05:43 +0000

Are electric cars really green if the electricity they are charged with is generated from coal?

electric — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:11:08 +0000

Why are electricity-powered vehicles considered “green” if most electricity is made by burning coal?

electric — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:05:36 +0000

Electricity is not a power source. The vast majority of it is produced by burning fossil fuels, or by nuclear fission. That being the case, why are electricity-powered vehicles considered “green?”

Do You Really Understand Obama And Coal?

electric — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:53:58 +0000

****Obama’s stance on coal power will NOT put coal workers out of work, at least not during his term.****
The first thing you should understand is what is being taxed, and where the revenues will go. What’s being taxed are the pollutants being emitted by the coal power plant, and the revenues go towards developing clean energy. This can be looked at as the plant buying the right to pollute, and it accomplishes two things:
1) The plant will be VERY encouraged to be as “clean” as possible. In a capitalist society, the way to motivate someone to take action is by making inaction unbearably expensive
2) The funding for development of clean, alternative energy will be coming from those developing cheap, dirty energy (coal)!
The USA gets the vast majority of its electrical energy from coal power. This is *THE* dirtiest available energy source today. “Clean coal” is still much much much dirtier than any other alternatives (oil power, natural gas, renewable energy, wind, nuclear power, geothermal, hydroelectric, etc….).
Our country is so dependent on coal, that even forcing plants to directly feel the repercussions of their impact on the environment will keep the blue collar workers in their jobs. The cost will be passed onto consumers, who will, in essence be paying extra to develop clean power (this is NECESSARY).

Is Big Oil/big Coal Lying About The Negative Impact Of Alternative Energy ?

electric — Fri, 07 May 2010 03:11:56 +0000

ENEL-A Italian Energy company
“The company has 58,548 employees and operates a wide range of hydroelectric, thermoelectric, nuclear, geothermal, wind-power, and photovoltaic power stations. In 2006, Enel posted revenues of 38.5 billion euros, EBITDA of 8 billion euros and net income of 3 billion euros.”
www.enelenergy.com
Seems like alternative energy creates many jobs and is profitable. And you get the added benefit of NO CO2 emissions.
Wow
The USA has been lied to for a LONG TIME.
Oh well. God Bless America???
I don’t think so.