[ale] [OT] Psychology of Denial about Climate Change

[john.bryson at oit.gatech.edu]

I think the value of having an electric car is that you can then generate the power different ways - wind, water, solar, nuke, wave, whatever. So, you are now in a better position to use different power sources. Sure at first, that will still be coal plants, gas turbines, etc. But you could then start changing the infrastructure because you have started to get out of the chicken-egg (power supplier-power consumer) issues. Its inefficient to convert everything to electricity before you consume it, but it gives you flexibility for change.

----- "Damon L. Chesser" <damon at damtek.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 23:06 -0500, Pete Hardie wrote:
> > I am not stepping into the climate briar patch, but I would like to
> > see the US get off the oil kick.
> > If we can convert to all electric cars, etc, we get more
> independence,
> > less pollution, quieter
> 
> How are you going to generate all that electricity?  You do know that
> electric cars just move the source of the pollution, not eliminate
> it,
> right?  Instead of your tail pipe, you move the "carbon" to a power
> plant.  Did I mention, due to the laws of supply and demand, now your
> home heating/electric bill is going to dramatically go up?  Imagine
> at
> 6pm when 4.5 million people in ATL get home and plug in their cars.
> BOOM!  Big brown out.
> 
> > roads, and I can top off my car at home (solar, grid power, or even
> > put the dog on a treadmill generator)
> > 
> > Wouldn't it be great to not worry about what the Middle East is
> doing?
> 
> On this we agree.  Dare I say, Drill hear, Drill now?
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Damon
> damon at damtek.com
> 
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