http://inhabitat.com/electric-car-adoption-found-to-be-best-way-to-kick-foreign-oil/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/electric-car-adoption-found-to-be-best-way-to-kick-foreign-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-260824 wheelema Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:41:06 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=167147#comment-260824 This type of hyperbole is so frustrating. China has a lock on lithium and the vast majority of electricity is generated by coal. As long as these two facts remain widespread adoption of electric cars will but trade one foreign monopoly for another and worsen air pollution. This type of hyperbole is so frustrating. China has a lock on lithium and the vast majority of electricity is generated by coal. As long as these two facts remain widespread adoption of electric cars will but trade one foreign monopoly for another and worsen air pollution.

]]> http://inhabitat.com/electric-car-adoption-found-to-be-best-way-to-kick-foreign-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-260818 Pereira Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:45:24 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=167147#comment-260818 That's only part of the solution; electric cars alone are far from the answer to gov't over-spending on road infrastructure and the nasty effects of urban traffic congestion. Electric cars help solve one problem (energy) by transferring consumption from oil to nuclear (another problem & NIMBY), but efficient public transport systems and investment on adopting soft-mode mobility (namely bicycles and pedestrian mobility) are far more important and effective than concentrating solely on expensive and sophisticated electric vehicles which will bring about other complicated issues regarding waste, electrical consumption, etc. That’s only part of the solution; electric cars alone are far from the answer to gov’t over-spending on road infrastructure and the nasty effects of urban traffic congestion. Electric cars help solve one problem (energy) by transferring consumption from oil to nuclear (another problem & NIMBY), but efficient public transport systems and investment on adopting soft-mode mobility (namely bicycles and pedestrian mobility) are far more important and effective than concentrating solely on expensive and sophisticated electric vehicles which will bring about other complicated issues regarding waste, electrical consumption, etc.

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