[Bladerunnuh]

Wow these things are great! I like the way they run off of solar power and free up all that gas. Hey, wait a minute, you have to charge the batteries using coal or oil-fired power plants. Hmmmm nevermind

[grundle]

You could also use nuclear power.

[Semper911]

you have to charge the batteries using coal or oil-fired power plants

Exactly. Electricity is the very least green type of energy we have. But the greenies don't see or smell the coal/oil emissions in their driveway, so they think it's all good and clean.

My neighbor was going on about the new weed whacker he got. He was all happy that it is so good for the environment. I just nodded and tried to stay neighborly while I was thinking, "How the *bleep* do you think they make that electrictiy that's running through that nine-mile extension cord you are dragging around your yard?"

[sittnick]

Wow these things are great! I like the way they run off of solar power and free up all that gas. Hey, wait a minute, you have to charge the batteries using coal or oil-fired power plants. Hmmmm nevermind

Some of us live near nuke plants.

For the rest . . . hey it may use coal, natural gas, or oil generated electricity (two of these three do NOT come from the mid east). However, because of increased eficiency it only uses 5 cents worth per gallon equivalent.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Big power plants are much more efficient than automobile engines. The overall efficiency of plug-in electric cars is significantly better than for gas or even diesel cars.

As Leno says, the Tesla will be a rich man’s toy. I’m looking forward to the Chevy Volt — I think a plug-in hybrid is a better solution than a pure electric vehicle — and the Volt is supposed to be reasonably priced.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

I should have added to my #35 that you (U.S.) have plenty of coal — the more you power your cars with it, the less you have to buy from the middle east, or from us (Canada).

[herMANroberts]

Hmmmmmmmmm. Nuclear energy.