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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 06:19 PM Original message |
GAO report: Electric Cars Will do Little to Reduce CO2 Emissions |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think they left out a few things |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. The bigger issue, I think, is that private conveyances are not as sustainable as |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. They could do something to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, though. |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yes. Full report says that. I have found it. link |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Thanks. That seems like |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. It is, but you have to have PHEGs on the road to accomplish that. According to Google's |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. What a transparent manipulation of information. |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Why don't YOU tell us what Greenblatt's study shows? (More questions for you to answer.) |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU made a flat out false assertion, John. |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. What basis do you have for saying it's false? Analysis or Belief? Do you know what the Google |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Don't leave it to others. If you think what I've said is innacurate tell us what Greenblat IS saying |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. LOL great straw man, dude. |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. all you have to do is back up your words. YOu said my statements were |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Okay, I think I found it. it's in a plain text file. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, that report's, like, totally censored. |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Hey, very good. For those who hate to click, here's the link to the report in PDF format. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. Another attempt to mislead John? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Plug In for Clean Air |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. 96% fewer hydrocarbons, 99% less carbon monoxide, 67% less NOx |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. No links. please provide. Do these figures consider the fuel source for charging PHEG's? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. With those kind of figures I would say it couldn't |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. They don't. Just wanted to register the question and the request for the link. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Link |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. very good. I like links. I'll check it out. |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Table 1 shows increase of 203% in SO2 and 122% for Particulates (for U.S.) |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Fortunately SO2 and particulates are among the easiest pollutants |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Well, I feel better now. I know how enthusiastic the Utiilities are about installing scrubbers. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. About as enthusiastic as car companies were about installing cat converters. |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Right. I am just trying to inform people that PHEGs do have a carbon footprint. As you can see some |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. No you aren't. |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Don't feed it. If we all agree not to feed it, maybe it will go away. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Not a chance. |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. Your title is misleading... |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. No, it's not. Reductions of 13% for small cars and 20% for SUVs is much less than people were |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Yes, yes it is. |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
13. the plug-in feature's use is optional |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. This GAO report is wildly inaccurate |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Unfortunately, coal-fired power plants are still being built |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Limiting the number of locations where CO2 is produced |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Those coal plants are merely proposals |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. I have been a one man cheering section for wind power and I would love to see us replace as much |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Really????? Since when? |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
23. Also consider the publication that made this article |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. The GAO report is completely distorted |
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