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The push for conversion to plug-in electric cars will do nothing to stop carbon emissions, a report by the GAO warns, throwing cold water on a push by Democrats to get more plug-ins on the road. In fact, the problem could be made worse as demand goes up at coal-fired electrical plants. Plus, the need for batteries may just have the US changing the dictators to which we’re chained, as IBD reports...

Oh what a bunch of Claptrap.

1) Even thought he EPA says it's not. Carbon Dioxide is a natural gas consumed by plants and photo plankton, which in turn gives us Oxygen. This cycle has been going on for thousands of years and no one has proven it is broken.

2) Electricity can be produced by Hydroelectric, Solar and Wind power easily. None of these requires a power plant, but those that do are very convenient.

3) Battery efficiency is increasing at a great rate and the newer technologies will make it possible to store more power than ever before.

4) Cap and Trade will probably Tax your car in the near future.

Given all of this, do you thing the Government (GAO) should tell the car companies Not to make Electric Cars??

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I have to agree with you on that. But the C & T bill will tax just about everything you purchase.And the folks at the bottom of the pecking order better think about tents and Spam.

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Electricity can be produced by Hydroelectric, Solar and Wind power easily. None of these requires a power plant, but those that do are very convenient.

Does the definition of convenient include affordable and reliable? I can make electricity by rigging a generator up to a stationary bike but has a couple drawbacks such as being unable to supply much power and, well I am too far out of shape to run my air conditioner and 52" LCD TV simultaneously...

I would like to hear at least one feasible idea for replacing 2,000 billion kWh of electricity with even a combination of hydro, solar, and wind. That's before a few million people start plugging in their cars.

Given all of this, do you thing the Government (GAO) should tell the car companies Not to make Electric Cars??

I think the government should keep their noses out of it alltogether and let the companies make the products that the companies want to invest in. The market will decide whether they chose well or not.