Comments on: Why EV Haters Are Wrong.. http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/05/why-ev-haters-are-wrong/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 06:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/05/why-ev-haters-are-wrong/#comment-105258 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:48:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31102#comment-105258 Politics.

Not only here in the US, but I’ve encountered it in some UK writers. Self-identified conservatives push back against EVs and renewable energy because supporting these technologies means that “the hippies win”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/05/why-ev-haters-are-wrong/#comment-105250 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:42:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31102#comment-105250 Yep, as it gets harder and harder to pump out of the ground, it’s going to get more expensive. My grandfather was “Chief Excavation Geologist” for Exxon when he retired a number of years ago, for the whole US except California & Alaska — he said a few years ago when i saw him, “The bottom line is, we just got spoiled [on cheap oil/gas].”

]]> By: Question http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/05/why-ev-haters-are-wrong/#comment-105248 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:15:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31102#comment-105248 NIce list of reasons. But you could add the fact that even if *all* the electricity used by and EV were from coal it would still be at least as efficient CO2 wise as burning gasoline. Large power plants are simply much more efficient than small mobile ones. Enough so to make up for transmission line and battery losses.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/05/why-ev-haters-are-wrong/#comment-105246 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31102#comment-105246 Peak oil may not be coming, but the cost of oil will only ever increase, forever. Green electricity goes down in price over time.

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