Quote Originally Posted by mrdevious
So you're saying that electric cars burn off coal? lol

the japanese have just invented an amazingly fast and long-lasting electric car that uses a lithium-ion battery, but unfortunately it currently costs $200,000 just for that battery. nobody's shoveling coal into the engine
That battery has to be charged, and the power that charged it comes from coal for the most part. I think Japan's power is about 90% coal, and 10 nuclear, etc. What do you think a battery is? Itâ??s just a container for power and you can not get more power out than you put in. It does not matter if the battery is so large that it does not need to be recharged for 10 years, it still took 10 years worth of coal generated electricity to charge that battery in the first place!!