[Right Wing Assault]

It would keep the air in cities much cleaner.

But when people get home to the suburbs, the gas engine has to kick in to recharge the batteries and now the pollution ends up in the suburb where people and their kids live.

It's like pure electric cars. They claim they don't pollute. Sure they do. The power plant has to run more to generate the electricity to charge the cars, so the pollution comes out of their stack rather than the exhaust pipe. It's tough to get something for free in the car/energy game.

[Doohickey]

You're not factoring in regenerative braking.

[Paradox]

It's like pure electric cars. They claim they don't pollute. Sure they do. The power plant has to run more to generate the electricity to charge the cars, so the pollution comes out of their stack rather than the exhaust pipe.

Which is why I favor electric, or plugin-able hybrids, as well as a fast Nuclearization of our power grid. A win/win.

[Designer]

It's tough impossible to get something for free in the car/energy game.

Something to do with a "law" of thermodynamics, as I understand it.

[SuziQ]

But the suburbs are much more spread out and have trees and greenery which help mitigate the pollution.