Will introducing electric cars be a good way to fight global warming?

Question

According to me it would be a major step in the fight against global warming but I still need your opinion on the subject

Answer 1

First off there is no global warming to fight against. AGW is a total scam based on fraudulent data.

http://www.c3headlines.com/fabricating-fake-temperatures.html

http://cbullitt.wordpress.com/2010/09/25/all-your-agw-are-belong-to-us/

All you need to do is follow the money to find the truth behind the AGW scam.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703939404574566124250205490.html

What little GW that is happening is caused by the sun

http://www.dakotavoice.com/2009/06/nasa-study-shows-sun-responsible-for-planet-warming/



As for the electric car it's still now ready for the mass market. Driving range on a charge has always been the downfall of the electric car. Which is why it has never sold well even though have been around for more than 100 years.

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/223/electric-car-timeline.html

But lets assume that problem is magically solves. Where is the power going to come from. The electric grid is already running at maximum capacity. Adding millions of electric cars to the load is not going to help.

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/02/cornyn-brownouts-show-need-to.html

New reliable power plants need to be built but environmentalist keep opposing the idea.

Wind will never work

http://www.wind-power-problems.org/

Solar is a long way off from being useful on a large scale.

http://www.weatherquestions.com/Solar-power.htm



So basically electric cars are a solution to a non problem and will create new problems.

Although I do like the Tesla. I would buy one of those in I had extra money and wanted an expensive toy.

Answer 2

Electric cars will cut total CO2 emissions if the electricity they use 1: is not made from fossil fuels other than natural gas. 2: does not make it necessary for the grid to buy electricity from a distant plant run on fossil fuels, 3: does not prevent the local grid from exporting clean electricity to other areas that are significantly powered by fossil fuels. Now in North America, this includes no areas whatsoever. If one provides ones own power from wind or solar, one can power a car as far as the batteries will take it from your home base without using power that is made from fossil fuel or forces someone else to use more fossil fuel. Or, you could sell that power to the grid and make a direct contribution to reducing total CO2 production.

Answer 3

True, but not enough. Congested cities with lots of automobiles and Industries emitting excessive toxic gasses will have a break.



But global warming will be far from over, if indeed there is such a thing. Still waiting for experts sort their differences and have a common agreement. Otherwise confusion reigns on and continue branded a myth.

Answer 4

Electricity is made with fossil fuels. Unless we use some other method to generate the electricity, I'm not at all convinced that burning the fossil fuels at the power plant, transmitting the electric power to the car, and turning the electricity back into mechanical energy to power it, will lead to less CO2 than simply burning the fossil fuel and turning it into mechanical energy on the spot. If electricity from alternative sources is used it might help.

Answer 5

The electric car can help, but only if we use nuclear power to produce it. If you prefer wind or solar power, cars would need to be powered by hydrogen. Hydrogen actually can be produced when the wind blows and the sun shines and can be stored for use in cars at other times.



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I am actually a fan of nuclear power. I did not intend to make a slam against electric cars. I am just pointing out that electric cars are compatible with nuclear power and hydrogen powered cars are compatible with solar and wind power.

Answer 6

Electricity isn't only produced with fossil fuels. There is such a thing as renewable energy production such a hydroelectric, geothermal, etc... However it is absolutely correct that you may take th stress away from the atmosphere but you would put a heck of a lot more stress on energy consumption. If your energy production is from a fossil fuel plant, it would also put stress on that fossil fuel plant. The overall emissions however would be less than burning gas. I'd say it would be a step in the right direction at least.

Answer 7

It will be a significant change only if the power produced is from Nuclear, Hydro, Solar, Wind.



Nuclear and Hydro are the best alternative because it is reliable 24/7 power and is less costly.

Answer 8

YES

Electric cars will reduce pollution of all sorts. They will also reduce CO2 emissions. ery few places rely entirely on Fossil fuels for power generation, in most places it is a mix of coal, oil, gas, hydro, wind and nuclear. So the electricity is generally at least in part generated renewably.



Even if the electricity were entirely generated by coal fired power plants then it would still be worth while on 2 counts.



1] A power station gets up to 52% efficiency in conversion of chemical energy to electrical, a typical ICE in a car manages barely 23%, less by the time it reaches the wheels. The transmission of power to consumers is highly efficient, and so is storage in a battery and eventual conversion to mechanical energy in the car. Overall an electric car driven by coal produced power plants will still average 40% efficiency vs just 17% with an ICE powered car.



2] just as important, it is much easier to change to alternative energy sources such as renewables that produce electricity and to link them into the grid, than it is to attempt to use renewable energy in millions of individual vehicles. [the only sensible method would be to use bio fuels or synthetic fuels and then the whole efficiency issue still stands, you need less energy overall if you use electric vehicles. So once electric vehicles are accepted as normal, a big part of the change to renewables is already in place.

Answer 9

all forms of transportation, trains,airplanes,ships & cars create only 15% of global warming gasses.

the other 85% comes from agriculture, peoples homes & industry.

so changing to electric cars or even outlawing personal cars altogether would make no significant difference in perceived global warming.

here is an easily read news report with references on one in depth study of the subject.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2008-01-08-transportation-co2_N.htm

Answer 10

There's a lot of energy used to mine coal. More energy is required to move that coal to its end user...such as a power plant. Moving the coal to the furnace, removing the ash, moving the ash to a dump requires quite a bit of energy. Also, building the infrastructure to mine, move, burn and deal with the waste products of coal takes energy. Transmitting that energy via a grid requires more energy to build and maintain that infrastructure. Currently almost all of this energy production creates CO2...not to mention expensive health considerations and the effect on climate. Oil, the other 900 pound gorilla of the energy world requires even more energy to move the product from exploration to the rear wheels of your car...plus more CO2 and more climate change problems and costs. But wait....there's more! Considering that we're currently fighting two wars in or near the middle east to preserve the flow of oil from that region you have to plug in the expenditure of energy required to maintain that effort....it's a lot, but nobody ever seems to factor that into the price of a gallon of gas or a Kwh of electrical energy...they should, but they don't...not to mention the dead and the crippled both of these wars have produced...not to be cold, but that should be added to the overall bill as well. It isn't! Let's move on: If we would bear down and move on to 21st century power generation via wind and solar the amount of energy used to produce that same power to the rear wheels of your car falls like a rock given that a major amount of electrical power can be generated by solar units in a non-centralized venue...such as roof tops. True, the production of the equipment for wind farms and solar will take energy, once installed the fuel is free and there's no CO2 production directly associated with the production of that energy....and no wars to fight either! The ONLY reason we don't do this is because the oil and coal mafias have a giant lobby to oppose ANY real movement toward energy independence. The current GOP/Teabag/Fox 'News' Axis pimps exclusively for the oil and coal folks and work hard to avoid any movement toward solar and wind. The oil and coal folks want 'centralized' power production as do owners of coal fired generating plants.....the idea of a decentralized system owned by cities or individuals means loss of income for them. The arguments against wind and solar by the coal and oil people were overcome by technology a decade ago, yet the same arguments are made today against this clean energy and I suspect that in twenty years the same arguments will still be made by the same people. If the federal government had the stones we could get the ball rolling toward solar and wind tomorrow...but never fear...the right wing talk show dummies are on the case. You will pay more and more for less and less and load up the only atmosphere we have with more and more CO2....money talks and our congress critters listen! Bummer for us!

Answer 11

It is clear that the earth is getting warmer, but the debate is whether humans are doing it, or rather a natural cycle. If it's our fault, then electric cars would help a large amount.

Answer 12

Introducing electric cars, which reliable, fast rechargeable, affordable, and can go good distance on one charge great idea. Especially if and when infrastructure for these kind of vehicles fully developed.



Not just electric cars in them selves, like they do now, which are expensive, unreliable, can only go up to 40 miles per charge and have to be charged 6 hours to go for 1 hour, and practically non existent places to recharge these cars.



But nothing, even electric cars could help you fight lies and corruption in science and politics.



I do not see parallel in fighting with myth about man made AGW and electric cars...

Answer 13

Being that they want electric vehicles to be plugged in at night to take advantage of the lower demand time how do you use solar to recharge them?

Answer 14

yea electric cars are good for the environment.but they have pros and cons also

Answer 15

It would be one remedy, but see the (hi-def) video called "HOME" at..........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU.....



It is about our earth and we humans and it addresses,specifically,some of the issues in this question......



and enjoy!