- If I read ONE MORE article that describes an electric plane/car/boat/motorcycle as “zero emissions”, I’m going to find the author and strangle him/her.
- 75% of our electricity is generated by coal and gas.
- Therefore, electric planes/cars, etc. are coal-powered vehicles.
- Electricity generation and transmission are perhaps 30% efficient (similar to a car engine). Therefor, electricity is NOT cleaner than burning gasoline.
- Electric planes/cars, are not any more “Green” than a 2012 Ford Mustang.
- The government likes electric vehicles for the same reason they like income tax withholding. It makes it easier to hide the taxes!
- The cost of “going Green” is around $120 billion per year (1% of GDP). Get ready to pay 20 cents per kilowatt hour for the luxury of accomplishing nothing.