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Originally Posted by MaxWilson
I could be wrong, but I thought the attraction of electric cars was that the 30-35% efficiency you get in a power plant was still roughly twice the efficiency you get in an ICE; presumably transmission losses and losses in storage reduce that gain but I thought you still came out ahead. And at least then you're not strictly tied to oil, per se--if the U.S. built a hundred new nuclear plants you'd be in a nice position.
-Max
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Except that one hundred years from now on the Skynet would be full of discussion about how the change from Oil to Nuclear was done from purely capitalistic, short-sighted point of view, and about the scarcity of radiactive fuel necessary for the plants, and further debates about whether there'll be a Nuclear Winter or not, and what to do if it does happen.
My stance: the climate chane is scary and I hope some smart guy comes up with a solution; while I'm not too optimistic about that I refuse to think what will happen if no one does nothing because that is too depressing; and I hope the local climate doesn't change too much, because I'd rather have real snow than slush, thank you very much.