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Gas and oil will not be cheap forever. Now it goes down but when investors or governments want to rise its price, it can be easily changed. Just make some "nois

Gas and oil will not be cheap forever. Now it goes down but when investors or governments want to rise its price, it can be easily changed. Just make some "noises" or "predictions" and the price will be affected. Besides, electric cars have zero road emission. Drivers will not see the exhaust emissions by themselves. Electric cars shifted the emissions to the power plant so drivers will have less feelings about their contribution to global warming.

erikpukinskis 11y ago
It's not just shifting emissions, those emissions are decreased, significantly in places like California with lots of non-carbon electricity, and almost entirely eliminated in places like Norway which have a surplus of clean energy. And there is a clear path to eliminating the remaining emissions, unlike in an internal combustion vehicle.
danhak 11y ago
> Electric cars shifted the emissions to the power plant so drivers will have less feelings about their contribution to global warming. Even the filthiest conventional power plants are significantly more efficient than the internal combustion engine and emit fewer greenhouse gasses. Aside from that, the electric grid is becoming cleaner by the month which means EVs automatically become cleaner as we transition to renewables and clean generation. Gasoline engines never become cleaner. That's the main sustainability argument for EVs: de-coupling transportation from oil or any particular fuel, thereby enabling a clear path as the grid continues to transition to renewables.
Avshalom 11y ago
Let's not discount the value of shifting the emissions though. Look at the air quality in major cities and the health effects that has on the billions of urban residents.yes the majority of that might not be from cars but any electric whatsit give us the ability to move the pollution and a world where the emissions are all just moved away from the people is still a better world.

erikpukinskis 11y ago

It's not just shifting emissions, those emissions are decreased, significantly in places like California with lots of non-carbon electricity, and almost entirely eliminated in places like Norway which have a surplus of clean energy. And there is a clear path to eliminating the remaining emissions, unlike in an internal combustion vehicle.

danhak 11y ago

> Electric cars shifted the emissions to the power plant so drivers will have less feelings about their contribution to global warming. Even the filthiest conventional power plants are significantly more efficient than the internal combustion engine and emit fewer greenhouse gasses. Aside from that, the electric grid is becoming cleaner by the month which means EVs automatically become cleaner as we transition to renewables and clean generation. Gasoline engines never become cleaner. That's the main sustainability argument for EVs: de-coupling transportation from oil or any particular fuel, thereby enabling a clear path as the grid continues to transition to renewables.

Avshalom 11y ago

Let's not discount the value of shifting the emissions though. Look at the air quality in major cities and the health effects that has on the billions of urban residents.yes the majority of that might not be from cars but any electric whatsit give us the ability to move the pollution and a world where the emissions are all just moved away from the people is still a better world.