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Old 03-07-2008, 12:11 AM
ken1784 ken1784 is offline
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Default Re: Plug-in cars could actually increase air pollution

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Originally Posted by gumby View Post
Moving the massive pollution from the vehicles themselves to the power grid is a good thing. There are FAR fewer power plants than vehicles, and they can be controlled MUCH easier. Let the conversion happen. The dirty power plants can be dealt with, or slowly eliminated in the future.
Yes. If we can eliminate the coal plant, it's pretty good.
However, US government is not thinking so.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/archive/...ectricity.html
coal powered percentage:
50% in 2005
57% in 2030

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