>>Everyone be careful with articles like this. For some reason Freepers take delight in anything negative about electric cars, but make no mistake, this is really a leftist attack on coal. Don’t fall for it.
I make my living by burning coal to make electricity, but the article is right. There are good uses for things and bad uses for things.
Growing corn to feed people: GOOD.
Growing corn to convert to fuel: BAD.
Burning coal to power homes and business: GOOD.
Burning coal to replace clean-burning, efficient modern internal combustion engines: BAD.
What do you think of nuclear power?
Nuclear power plants should be set up to power refineries to convert water, NG and coal into liquid fuels.
“Burning coal to power homes and business: GOOD.
Burning coal to replace clean-burning, efficient modern internal combustion engines: BAD.”
Why is that?
I have an electric/hybrid car. My utility company uses coal. For a $0.60 charge, I get 20 miles electric before the hybrid ICE kicks in. Even at two dollars/gal for gas, that’s a 40% savings on fuel use. At higher gas prices, using coal to power my car is a bargain.
Why is that bad?
Seriously. I don’t subscribe to the green religion. It bothers me in the least that coal powers my electricity. Why shouldn’t I use the free market of energy available to me to capture the best price for the energy I use.
You are in effect telling me that it’s OK for you to make a value judgment about my use of legal product that I pay to use. More to the point, you are suggesting that I must pay a premium (by using gas only) to justify your position. Otherwise, I’m being “bad”.
How is that any different than environazis telling you that coal is bad altogether?
Growing corn to convert to fuel: BAD.
Be the first!
Tell me what should be done with the mountains and mountain of surplus corn?