"Electric cars just pollute upstream" Not quite true - generating upstream is much more efficient, since the power plant doesn't have the weight restrictions t

"Electric cars just pollute upstream" Not quite true - generating upstream is much more efficient, since the power plant doesn't have the weight restrictions that a car (which needs to haul itself around on four wheels efficiently) has. So even if power plants didn't ditch fossil fuels, electric cars are largely a step up. That said, we are moving heavily towards renewables, and charging isn't time-critical so peaking power sources like Wind will be more than good enough.