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   =?iso-8859-15?Q?Eric=AE?= to Karen Gordon   
   Re: Who Murdered the Electric Car?   
   12 Oct 06 21:45:01   
   
   XPost: can.politics, ont.politics, tor.general   
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   From: ericŪ@hardknocks.edu   
      
   Karen Gordon wrote . . .   
      
   > > "penny"  wrote in message   
   > >   
   > >> Who killed the electric car --  a crime of mammoth proportions with   
   > >> consequences for our environment.   
   > >>   
   > >> Electric cars produce zero emissions and therefore don't contribute to   
   > >> the global warming disaster.   They were a  key invention in dealing   
   > >> with  global warming.  Yet they have disappeared from the market   
   > >> place.   
   >   
   > "pcourterelle" (someone@ms.com) writes:   
   > > ABarlow and Chom have patiently explained why the electric car is neither   
   an   
   > > environmentally friendly option for reducing green-house gases as you claim   
   >   
   > (K): You're kidding. right?  Usenet posters have become the definitive   
   > experts on the electric car and its viability?  You must be a mighty   
   > confused little man if you're taking your direction from posters rather than   
   > the experts.   
   > Electric cars are one of the solutions to the problems of petrol-fuelled   
   > cars. Although they are only at a relatively embryonic stage in terms of   
   > market penetration, electric cars represent the most environmentally   
   > friendly vehicle fuel, as they have absolutely no emissions.   
      
   Yes - you just plug 'em in and the electricity from the Big Electricity   
   Man in the sky fuels 'em up   
      
      
   Eric   
   ryevpx@hfn.arg   
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