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  1. #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pound View Post
    And...Fossil fuels are just too cheap. Period. It's economics. Electric cars make us feel good about ourselves, but the devil's in the details. How do you generate the electricity to charge the batteries? from an electric plant that burns coal or oil? Not to mention the batteries themselves. They have to be dealt with eventually and contain very toxic substances. on and on. Even if they seriously had any ideas on "banning gas and diesel vehicles" those are two VERY huge industries (automobile and oil&gas that would be severely impacted and would fight tooth and nail against such legislation. Like it or not, it is what it is and until a truly disruptive technology comes along, it's here to stay.
    You failed to mention how bad lithium mining is on the environment. The UK is smaller than TX so I can see how electric cars may be viable alternative there but with an increase of electric cars sucking on the grid to charge you are going to end up burning more coal and natural gas. Electricity has to be generated somehow like you stated and the best means of generating electricity IMO is nuclear but we have not built a new nuke plant since like the 60s. The green people want alternative energy but they complain about birds being killed by wind turbines and solar farms destroying the natural desert landscape and dams altering the natural flow of rivers. They offer a million problems but no solutions.
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  2. #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by rdlangston13 View Post
    the best means of generating electricity IMO is nuclear but we have not built a new nuke plant since like the 60s. \\.
    they don't put a new plant into service every year (or decade) but the nuclear plant in TN came on line last yr:

    https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=228&t=21

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