14 reasons for getting a Fully Electric, Zero-Emission Vehicle
1. You like the idea of recharging at home, at work or almost anywhere.
2. You make a local commute to work each day.
3. You realize that electric vehicles are the future.
4. You like riding a bicycle, but traffic is a bummer.
5. You want to get away from using fossil fuels.
6. You want to use your car less and not wear it out on short trips.
7. You see what air pollution is doing to the environment.
8. You want people to smile when they see you driving.
9. You’ve been attracted to electric vehicles ever since slot cars.
10. You need an inexpensive, attention-grabbing, business delivery vehicle.
11. You tend to be an early user of the latest and the greatest.
12. You want to be a part of the solution, not a part of the problem.
13. You would rather see more parks rather than more parking lots.
14. You want to take responsibility for the impact of your driving choices.
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denislang
July 25, 2008 | 9:26 pm1
Dear Scott Taylor (scott.taylor@udl.com) - AKA: BC_EE
Your comment was written for the general public. You write as if we are ignorant. I don’t think you are that naïve.
Re: BC is in an electrical energy shortage and here’s some basic facts: - BC imports 15% of its electrical energy usage on an annual basis
DL - There is no energy shortage in BC - The Provincial Government ordered BC Hydro to stop producing electricity, and to purchase the 15% from the US of A….because…it was more PROFITABLE $$$$ -
Your words Scott is not a democracy. Stop playing with facts, and beleive in what is real. It takes courage to beleive in what’s real.
Re: but it is highly frustrating when people voice opinions as fact and they are only marginally informed opinions.
DL - Are you that naïveScott?
Scepticism is everywhere on the climate-change stage, hidden behind bureaucratic language. It is unpopular and vaguely distasteful, and perhaps driven by crass economics.
Instead of concentrating your focus on practical solutions to issues, you presented a lazy, misleading comment of a game called Smoke & Mirrors.
Who’s looking for a free lunch Scott?
BC_EE
July 23, 2008 | 9:42 am2
DL, I can’t help but flame you on your comments because, like most of the populace, you don’t have the first clue as to the sourcing and construction of goods and energy sources.
“Where do the cars come from?” They may come from Canada, but the plastics, steel, lithium-ion batteries, rubber tires, etc. all come from somewhere else whether in raw material form or finished product - especially the batteries. By using batteries locally, all we are doing is exporting the GHG emissions to China where the batteries are made with very dirty coal fired power.
The supply of electrical power is as much about NIMBYism as it is about the disconnect most people have between electrical consumption and production. We could go ahead with all the wind and solar power generation in Northern BC and the major load centres won’t see a kW-h of it. That’s because we can’t construct the transmission lines to deliver the power as everyone and their dog don’t want to see the towers.
So make your decisions people, you can’t have it both ways; we haven’t figured out that part of thermodynamics yet.
BC is in an electrical energy shortage and here’s some basic facts:
- BC imports 15% of its electrical energy usage on an annual basis
- Most of the imports come from coal fired or natural gas fired power plants
- In about 5 years, those imports will either not be available or at a much higher cost due to;
a. The price of Natural Gas
b. Utilities to the south of us that will have a shortfall of power greater than a Site C and they will be competing for the same electrical supply that we count on for imports.
Finally, so long as we depend on “Le Car” as a primary mode of transportation, all the immediate and peripheral energy costs will keep adding up. The balance will eventually be negative. Not only are there cars, there is parking, roads, bridges, and the other modes of transportation forced to the margins because cars rule the road. Then, there is added expense to accommodate the other modes of transportation.
I wish I could be nice about this feedback, but it is highly frustrating when people voice opinions as fact and they are only marginally informed opinions. I deal in these energy issues on a daily basis (in fact I am about to go into a meeting to discuss energy and mass balances for the process of a bio-fuel system).
What was true yesterday is true today, there’s no such thing as a free lunch.
denislang
July 17, 2008 | 7:18 pm3
Thank-you BC_EE for your comment. It would give us a great deal of satisfaction to be allowed to handle the received objections. But we need clarity to your words.
Re: Electric vehicles are a two sided sword of a solution.
DL - Could you please inform us what are the two sided sword?
Re: Sure, I would like one, and if I am living in central Vancouver one is seriously in consideration - if not for the smaller vehicle and easier parking!
DL - There is no reason you can’t drive an electric vehicle outside central Vancouver
Re: Where do the vehicles come from, what are they constructed of
DL - The cars are made in Canada, and they are constructed of safe durable material.
Re: what is the source of electrical energy supply?
DL - The electric vehicle certainly can be considered zero emission at the point of operation. With crowded cities, this can be of major importance. It is also much cleaner overall than a conventional gasoline fuel car, even when including power plant emissions. Electric Vehicles powered by zero emission sources of electricity certainly are zero emission. Only Electric Vehicles have the option of being recharged by wind and solar power. Canada is the world leader in the production of renewable energy. In fact, hydro-electricity is the dominant source of electricity in Canada, representing nearly two-thirds of total generation. Quebec’s electricity production comes from the greatest part (97%) from hydro-electricity. It is simpler to regulate emissions from a smaller number of power plants than from 200 million tailpipes. Overall, Electric Vehicles create fewer emissions by using cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity.
Re: Choosing an electric vehicle is partaking of the cargo culture, betting on the solution being dropped in from “somewhere else”.
DL - The cars are made in Canada
Re: If we keep on relying on cars for transportation we will never move away from the energy shortage problems.
DL - Energy shortage problem? Where are you reading this?
Re: I guarantee it.
DL - Great! Send me a copy of your written garantee!
BC_EE
July 17, 2008 | 6:39 pm4
Electric vehicles are a two sided sword of a solution. Sure, I would like one, and if I am living in central Vancouver one is seriously in consideration - if not for the smaller vehicle and easier parking!
But, once again we are committing the same error in rationalization. Where do the vehicles come from, what are they constructed of, what is the source of electrical energy supply? Choosing an electric vehicle is partaking of the cargo culture, betting on the solution being dropped in from “somewhere else”. If we keep on relying on cars for transportation we will never move away from the energy shortage problems.
There is a solution to the transportation problem and it is called the Western Alternative Lifestyle Kinetics - also known as WALK. Make this mode of transportation the central mode and all else will fall into place, I guarantee it.