Even Danish Government seems to be realized, that electric cars are not green:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...tax-in-denmark-as-green-goals-get-left-behind
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...tax-in-denmark-as-green-goals-get-left-behind
The article says nothing of the kind.Kuuuurija said:Even Danish Government realized, that electric cars are not green:
Plug-in Cars will be More Expensive in West Virginia.
Buying an environmentally friendly car in West Virginia will soon be up to $7,500 more expensive.
The West Virginia House voted unanimously Saturday (4-13-2013) to eliminate the state tax credit that encouraged the sale of solar, electric, plug-in hybrid, and other alternative fuel vehicles.
The tax credit will remain for vehicles that run on natural gas, butane, propane.
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin said the credits had become too expensive. The change is expected to save $6 million in the next fiscal year.
Tomblin's administration said the credits' original purpose was to promote natural gas, which is produced in the state. Most of the electricity that powers plug-in cars is also produced in the state.
The bill also eliminates tax credits for building infrastructure for alternative fuel vehicles.
Well there's only the one who posts here.rkarl89203 said:Are all people in Estonia electric car haters?
Well then . . . . that definitely makes it a *fact* that you should share, doesn't it?Kuuuurija said:But they act like they understood...
No, there are definitely plenty of electric car lovers in Estonia. Estonia has greatest number of iMievs per capita.rkarl89203 said:Are all people in Estonia electric car haters?
If there were only facts here...Don said:Well then . . . . that definitely makes it a *fact* that you should share, doesn't it?
jsantala said:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2237rank.html
Estonia does seem to be really dirty in it's electricity production. We here in Finland could also do better at around 50% fossils. Denmark is around 60% wheras US and UK are at 76%. I wish we could all be more like Sweden, Norway and Iceland, with around 5-7% only.
I agree. We already have a huge source of nuclear power that has been powering life on this planet for billions of years, plus there isn't any waste disposal for us to deal with. That would be the sun. We harness this nuclear power directly as heat or as electricity through solar panels. This is my fuel of choice for anything that can use it.jsantala said:I'm not for nuclear power. I'm for diversifying electricity production, mainly by wind and solar, and also for distributed electricity production by local solar where possible, also preferring geothermal energy for at least heating.
I started to create a new thread when I realized this entire discussion is about power generation and the environment (tax on Teslas being incidental), so I simply changed the original title and moved this thread into Off Topic. Flamesuits on.PV1 said:These last few posts ought to be put in a dedicated thread as this no longer relates to a tax on Teslas.
Many, many, many people have been killed by electricity! I am sure, that the number is bigger than of casualties from coal mining and oil pumping.Don said:How many lives have been lost in the USA in association with nuclear power generation over the past 50 years?? Very, very few. Compare that to the number of coal miners and oil rig workers who have died while harvesting those forms of energy
If the backup power generation is away from the nuclear plant, then different kind of threats step in. I remind you that Daiichi plant was connected to the grid, but due to earthquake and tsunami, the grid was not operable any more. There is no guarantee, that backup power lines remain intact in case of serious earthquake and tsunami. It is easy to teach afterwards. Nobody foresees all threats.Don said:Fukushima was a manmade disaster, but not so much because it was a nuclear plant - Evidently an idiot designed the plant. You know that A.) You've got to have back-up power to control the reactor in the event of an emergency and B.) You're building the plant in a proven tsunami area, so C.) You put the back-up generators down in the same tsunami area as the plant instead of safely up the mountain a few miles away where the water would never reach them. With geniuses like those designing things, no form of power production is safe
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