tplife wrote:
I'm not comfortable driving a car that runs on coal, as typically the power grid that fuels electric vehicles do. Now once that 500-year supply of oil runs out, rest assured, I'll be right in line with everyone else using the "new" technology.
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles/electric-vehicles/ev-faq.html#bf-toc-11
No, the power grid that fuels electric vehicles does not run on coal. Only 33% of it does. Here are the facts:
Coal = 33%
Natural gas = 33%
Nuclear = 20%
Hydropower = 6%
Other renewables = 7%
Biomass = 1.6%
Geothermal = 0.4%
Solar = 0.6%
Wind = 4.7%
Petroleum = 1%
Other gases = <1%
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=427&t=3
