There have been significant sales of electric cars. I understand that the “Volt” can go 80 miles before it needs a charge. For me on a “football Saturday” in Madison, 80 miles would get me to Sun Prairie before I’d have to “plug it in”. We are talking hours to charge. It depends whether you have 220V or 110V.
Despite the inconvenience of being limited to short trips, long recharges and the expensive cost of electricity, electric car owners are saving the environment by not polluting with carbon emissions.
I just passed a coal fired power plant and noticed it was dirty and belching black smoke (gray smoke) into the air. Let me see! We produce more electricity because of auto demand but we save on car emissions. Did anybody ever figure out the net pollution?
So here is my bigger concern for electric power for cars. There has been a prolonged heat wave along the east coast causing severe rain and thunder storms knocking out electricity. This week in Virginia, some people have been without power for up to 5 days. If you have an electric car, what do you do? The answer is nothing. Call in to work and tell them your battery is dead.
Lets review! You bought an electric powered car to preserve the environment by not polluting but carbon polluting coal power plants need to work harder to keep you supplied. You paid $5000-$7000 for the privledge of driving and electric car. You run out of electic power after about 80 miles. And finally after a storm knocks out power, you don’t have a source of fuel.
I guess I’m just old fashioned. Having a fuel reserve in my car is a priority and driving to Madison without running out of electricity is nice. Old people like me have a tendency to resist change. Yah, that is what it is. I’m old fashioned.
Happy 4th of July,
Love,
Dad