[caligatrux]

I really wish the truth about just how much environmental damage the construction and long-term operation of an electric car does versus that of a non-electric.

I bet good money that if you took an original '68 Mustang, back before catalytic converters and all the other pollution controls were slapped on cars, and compared it with an electric car over their entire lives -- I mean, from the materials being pulled out of the ground, through its construction, during its operation, to what is left behind to rot in a junkyard -- you'd find the old Mustang far, far less environmentally damaging than the electric car.

[Charles Martel]

I bet good money that if you took an original '68 Mustang, back before catalytic converters and all the other pollution controls were slapped on cars, and compared it with an electric car over their entire lives -- I mean, from the materials being pulled out of the ground, through its construction, during its operation, to what is left behind to rot in a junkyard -- you'd find the old Mustang far, far less environmentally damaging than the electric car.

IIRC, the Mustang also sold a million copies in the '65-'66 period. Right now, GM is on track to hit that number of Volts (and Cadillac clones) in around seven hundred years. There will still be classic Mustangs running long after the last Volt bursts into flames.

Based on longevity alone, the Mustang wins the environmental impact contest.