Attacking EVs: New Book Says Electric Cars Aren't Clean

plugincars.com 11 Jul '12, 5pm

Attacking EVs: New Book Says Electric Cars Aren't Clean

That Wired article is an excellent point-by-point debunking of Ozzie's Zehner's arguments, Felix, and I think Nick Chambers and John Voelcker are among the most qualified to do it. Thanks for posting that link. You might find it interesting, Jose, that O.Z. further advances that he doesn't think EVs offer any additional energy security from foreign oil volatility than current gas cars do. See the Wired link in Felix's post to read more about it and the well written rebuttals. While O.Z. may be be stating the diametric opposite view simply to gain attention, Indyflick, I think we have something a bit different here than the typically simplistic "drill, baby, drill" sort of EV critic we're all familiar with. That sort of individual makes no bones about being disdainful of the environmentally conscious or concerned with human-induced climate change and the like. They think th...

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