Report: Electric cars are not clean enough
By Andrew C., 30 Aug, 2010. 0 Comments
Until electric cars rely less on electricity produced from conventional coal-fired power plants, they can’t be considered significantly cleaner than fossil-fuel-powered cars.
Jared Cohon, the chair of a National Research Council report, last Monday release the report titled: “Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use.” Cohon stated that electric vehicles will only become a major green alternative when the power fuel mix moves away from coal, or when cleaner coal technologies are developed and utilized. Cohon added that about half of U.S.. power is generated by burning coal, which emits many times more of traditional pollutants, such as particulates and smog components, than natural gas, and about twice as much of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
[via indiatimes]
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