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Nihil

(13,508 posts)
10. Good response.
Fri May 4, 2012, 05:11 AM
May 2012

Electric cars (or even PHEVs) are far cleaner than standard "gas-guzzlers"
unless you are *very* careful about your cherry-picking of "comparative data".

Could it be time to lower the price? Vincardog May 2012 #1
New designs are expensive. They'll come down in price. Look at stereos now vs. 1970's. Gregorian May 2012 #2
Yes, they will come down in price, the question is how much and how fast OKIsItJustMe May 2012 #17
Doing some math: Turbineguy May 2012 #3
You also save on reduced maintainance: no oil changes, for one. NT NickB79 May 2012 #4
While this is true, it does not influence the typical consumer much OKIsItJustMe May 2012 #18
I switched over to CFL's in 2005, and it's been awesome NickB79 May 2012 #22
Those ICE powerplant efficiency numbers to not apply to automobiles - too high. kristopher May 2012 #5
You are quite correct Turbineguy May 2012 #19
To clarify kristopher May 2012 #20
the Leaf is gawd awful ugly madokie May 2012 #6
You mean coal-powered cars? chaska May 2012 #7
Electric drive autos are an important part of the solution kristopher May 2012 #8
Republican talking points??? chaska May 2012 #13
No, 100 years from now we'll either be living a lot better.. Fumesucker May 2012 #21
Blame the power companies, not the vehicle companies. tinrobot May 2012 #9
Good response. Nihil May 2012 #10
No, it's not a good response.... chaska May 2012 #14
Sorry... that's very shortsighted FBaggins May 2012 #15
It's a good thing we have you around to correct those Argonne National lab types IDemo May 2012 #16
The weather is warming up and bicycles are coming out SkatmanRoth May 2012 #11
US sales =/= sales dmallind May 2012 #12
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