Reply #13: Ok, yes. And EV advocates contend that there is less smog pollution from EVs

[Kolesar]

...since the emissions can be made cleaner at the power plant than emissions from the tailpipe of a car.

We certainly have to solve the problem of petro-dependency. It breeds Cheneys.

However, I think that we are at an end of how much renewable energy can be generated in my becalmed and cloudy part of the country. Any wind power generation we can muster should be used to displace existing coal fired or other fossil generation. That leaves no excess capacity for automobiles.

I suppose some EV motorists will buy a car and a very big photovoltaic array to go with it. I don't know how one would charge up their car while at work, though.