As to them being better for the environment you’re still consuming fossil fuels- it’s being consumed at a power plant instead of in an internal combustion engine. There’s no free lunch. I had a funny interaction with a chevy volt owner. I walked up to him and asked him if it was one of those coal powered cars. He said “No, it’s electric”. To which I responded “and of course electricity comes from magic!”
He walked away pissed.😛
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Heh, those same people who, when asked where electricity comes from, will tell you it comes from that thing in the wall with the funny holes in it.
They’re also the same people who think steaks are simply birthed in Styrofoam packages that are covered with cellophane…
I’ve often thought it would be fun to have a stack of bumper stickers that say “I’m driving a coal fired car!“ to put on the back of the bumpers of people who are not driving an electric car because of the obvious advantages in noise or torque, but do so because they want to save the planet!