Brighton have recently made a statement revealing that they will soon be installing 20 roadside charging stations for use with electric vehicles. This is part of a big project to enable Brighton to become more of a Zero-emission city.
One thing to debate is the fact that some people who already own an electric car think they are bigger and better than everyone else? If you consider a recent episode of South Park it would certainly seem to be the case. The South Park characters who bought an electric car suddenly seemed to think they were better than the people without the car.
Naturally this was of course nonsense and just put there to annoy all the people of Chicago (where most of the episode was based) as well as everyyone who owns an electric vehicle.
Could it be that the solution to the worlds pollution problems lie in these cars, or perhaps they cause more hassle than good? As power stations are unable to shut down overnight, currently there is a lot of unused electricity, so without building anymore stations, we could power millions of electric vehicles with no additional impact on the environment. If in the future we do have to build more power plants, it is hoped that they would be cleaner plants. As well as this, the cost per mile obviously works out a lot cheaper for an electric vehicle than it does for a gas vehicle. The bottom line is the efficiency of the cars, a gasoline car is 25% efficient, whereas electric is around 95%, so travelling a mile on gas costs around 15 cents, whereas electric costs a penny.
So if you are about to Buy a new Alfa Romeo or buy a Nissan you should hold off and wait until an electric car comes your way. Whether it is used cars there is sure to be an eventual upgrade for a car to help take down your C02 emissions.
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