He requested an energy audit from his utility, Nstar, to help cut his power use. ... He replaced his electric dryer with a gas-powered one. Tell me again why e

He requested an energy audit from his utility, Nstar, to help cut his power use. ... He replaced his electric dryer with a gas-powered one. Tell me again why electric cars are supposed to be superior to those powered by gasoline? OK, I'm being snarky, but I really think this underscores the fact that supporting electric cars has become more of a religion than a rational conclusion based on any real evidence. Regarding energy usage, it drives me crazy that people fixate to such a degree on, e.g., the heat coming off of lightbulbs. In climates that require heating, this isn't waste: it's heating the house. In the winter, there's no reason to go around turning off all your lights and appliances. It all goes into heating your house, so the only cost is the difference in price between electric heat vs. oil/gas. So claiming that a decrease in energy draw for a light of X% translates into an X% improvement in energy usage is just wrong. (granted that in the summer, A/C must work in the other direction; but my complaint is that our discourse never approaches this level of nuance)