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Electric cars and Green environment
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Written on: 10 March 2009 [12:23]
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Sustainability
Topic creator
registered since: 05.03.2009
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Does any one have any idea about electric cars for improving the green environment?how it is that these type of cars are going to help for betterment of the earth? Sustainability Sustainability directory News sustainability |
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Written on: 11 March 2009 [01:23]
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iamian
 
registered since: 23.02.2009
Posts: 110
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electrical pollution per mile is less than gasoline or diesel pollution per mile. It also has more potential to improve. RE & Efficiency enthusiast
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Written on: 01 July 2009 [14:02]
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lilypotter
registered since: 26.06.2009
Posts: 8
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Electric cars are quieter, cleaner and cheaper to run than gas-powered cars. As to why they haven't been fully adopted yet - watch Who Killed the Electric Car? for the story. |
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Written on: 04 July 2009 [20:17]
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Yardonn
 
registered since: 22.08.2007
Posts: 160
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Electic Cars can improve green enviroment. But they do not have to. If you just convert a normal Car to an E-Car (this way it will need a lots of kWh) and then charge it with electricity produced by burning oil or coal, you may even burn more than using a high efficient fuel burner. The Car itself will be clean (ans so be very nice to it's enviroment), no mater how much electricity you nead, but the planet does not care, weather your car or its powerpant is not green... Not every part of the electric network has a very good efficency, and each efficiency has to be multiplied from powerplant over electric network, Charger, batteryefficy and finanly the electric motor. In some cases you get a shockin bad total efficiancy. But that is not the usual case. Because of limited battery capacity, e-cars are usualy build quite frugal. And there are green sources of electricity. But the green electricity is limited, so the amout of realy green electric trafic is also limited. If more electricity is needed, in most cases e-cars acount for less polution than regular fuel burners, but have to be charged for their amout of polution shifted to the powerplant. One big advantage is, that evrey e-car can be green . we just have to work on the proper powerplants, which is much easier than working on milions of Cars! Alleweder 4
http://www.akkurad.com allmost full weather protection for one person at 0 - 1.5 kWh / 100 km CityEl as secondary E-Car |
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Written on: 30 July 2009 [17:20]
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lilypotter
registered since: 26.06.2009
Posts: 8
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I totally agree with Yardonn, every e-car is green. |
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Written on: 31 July 2009 [09:58]
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Yardonn
registered since: 22.08.2007
Posts: 160
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lilypotter wrote: I totally agree with Yardonn, every e-car is green. I did not say that. In fact i belive, that it is not true. E-cars may be greener. But they also cause polution... Some e-cars are greener than others. You also have to take in account the enviromental effect of the production of e-cars. Truelly green is only havin no car. But of course for most people this is not an option. [This article was edited 1 times, at last 31.07.2009 at 09:58.] Alleweder 4
http://www.akkurad.com allmost full weather protection for one person at 0 - 1.5 kWh / 100 km CityEl as secondary E-Car |
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Written on: 03 August 2009 [21:59]
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childress
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registered since: 14.08.2007
Posts: 140
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Yardonn wrote: lilypotter wrote: I totally agree with Yardonn, every e-car is green. I did not say that. In fact i belive, that it is not true. E-cars may be greener. But they also cause polution... Some e-cars are greener than others. You also have to take in account the enviromental effect of the production of e-cars. Truelly green is only havin no car. But of course for most people this is not an option. Along this pattern of thought, two quotes stolen from Victor Munoz's EV Sermon (a very good read) What can be done with less done with more is done in vain. —William of Occam Better to stand than to walk, sit than stand, still better lie, better still die, Best: to have never been born. -- old Indian proverb, quoted by the French aphorist Chamfort, translated and taken to heart most by Samuel Beckett, and expanded upon by Victor Munoz at the afore mentioned website The most significant advantage to any electric vehicle is that it has the potential of becoming greener in the future by merely changing the fuel source that is used to generate the electricity. This is not possible with standard internal combustion engines (with the exception being diesel -> biodiesel) Commute suck? Twike it; You'll like it!
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Written on: 10 August 2009 [23:40]
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prasad1
registered since: 10.08.2009
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Hi, This is Prasad. My opinion is electronic cars will reduce the air polution. every part of the electric network has a very good efficency, and each efficiency has to be multiplied from powerplant over electric network, Charger, batteryefficy and finanly the electric motor. In some cases you get a shockin bad total efficiancy. But that is not the usual case. Because of limited battery capacity, e-cars are usualy build quite frugal. And there are green sources of electricity. But the green electricity is limited, so the amout of realy green electric trafic is also limited. If more electricity is needed, in most cases e-cars acount for less polution than regular fuel burners, but have to be charged for their amout of polution shifted to the powerplant. One big advantage is, that evrey e-car can be green . we just have to work on the proper powerplants, which is much easier than working on milions of Cars =------------------- Prasad. |
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Written on: 11 August 2009 [22:03]
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ecoadmin
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registered since: 20.07.2007
Posts: 583
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An electric car is only a zero-emission vehicle if the electricity used is coming from a renewable source. I fully agree with the above statements. I do not see a problem here though. In most countries it is possible to buy electricity from renewable sources. You just have to pay a bit extra for it! But like buying an electric car (which at the moment costs a bit more than his IC counterpart) it is a long term investment. The little extra I pay for renewable energy is easily offset elsewhere (how often do we buy things we don't really need???). Driving a big and heavy EV makes it more difficult to drive it 'green' since it uses much more electrical power. So drivers of lightweight and smaller vehicles are much better off if they go for 'green' electricity. Twike 890
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Written on: 24 February 2010 [23:45]
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darel60
registered since: 22.02.2010
Posts: 2
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Hi. I am using a electric vehicle and it charging cost is going out of my budget by every month so by searching a lot on internet i came through this website http://www.gnrgy.com , is this website really helps in saving power while charging electric vehicles? |
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