XPost: can.politics, ont.politics, tor.general   
   XPost: bc.politics   
   From: gone@rural.ca   
      
   On 12 Oct 2006 22:11:59 GMT, ar231@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (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.   
   >   
   >Eric Schild (ericŪ@hardknocks.edu) writes:   
   >> Yes - you just plug 'em in and the electricity from the Big Electricity   
   >> Man in the sky fuels 'em up   
   >   
   >(K): Silly boy ..... you probably believe in the 'man in the moon' and   
   >fairies with pixie dust, too.   
   >   
   >You can fuel automobiles with poisonous emission-producing gasoline and oil,   
   >or you can fuel it with electricity from hydro power and solar power. If   
   >you think the first is superior to the latter, I recommend you shut yourself   
   >in a garage with the former - and your opponents in a garage with the latter.   
   >   
   >A simple solution to two problems.... carbon monoxide from the vehicle and   
   >hot air from a dummy.   
      
      
   Hydro & Solar? Are you really that stupid?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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