Will Electric Cars Be Green Enough? Asks ETA
In a recent report that is going to shock many people, the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) has stated that the electric cars are not the environmental panacea that they are often made out to be. While the ETA has not discounted the electric cars completely, the report calls for a need to study the impact of electric cars on environment.
In a recent report that is going to shock many people, the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) has stated that the electric cars are not the environmental panacea that they are often made out to be. While the ETA has not discounted the electric cars completely, the report calls for a need to study the impact of electric cars on environment.
Well, ask yourself, if everyone was to drive an electric car, it is going to increase the requirement of electricity. And with an all time increase in electricity requirement, the generation of electricity will not only be a challenge but you will need to clearly think of the increased raw material requirement for electricity. Where are the raw materials and how will you produce electricity that can sustain an electric car revolution?
The report dubs the idea that electric cars automatically cut CO2 pollution a myth, and claims the current system of emissions and energy regulation needs root and branch reforming to effectively address global pollution. In hindsight, you are looking at only controlling CO2 emissions, while efforts need to be made to ensure that pollution levels fall globally, be it in terms of Co2 or the increased electricity usage of electric cars. While, there is no need to discount the electric cars because they afford us an opportunity to broaden the fuel replacement alternatives, we have to look at strategy to ensure that a mere change of fuel to electric cars do not end up compounding the environement woes.
ETA Director Andrew Davies has tried to explain that the report is not intended to discount electric vehicles or dampen any enthusiasm for them. The introduction of electric vehicles should not be considered as a panacea against global vehicular pollution. Hence there is a need to do a concerted study on the source of power for electric cars.
While it is simple and easy to tout electric cars as the solution to day to day problems being faced in terms of increased vehicular pollution, we need to step aside and think of the following 3 questions: 1. Who produces electricity for electric cars? 2. What process or raw materials are used for creating electricity? 3. What is the impact of increased consumption of electricity on the green environment? It may be stupid to give a bling clearance to electric cars as being the only possible and commercially viable alternative to fossil fuels. At the same time, there is no need to discount the electric cars. They hold a significant promise and if we are able to think, and come up with strategy to optimize the overall requirements we will be able to do good for the environment and people.
And, from the look of it, we may end up using blended or hybrid vehicles to bring vehicular pollution under check.
In a recent report that is going to shock many people, the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) has stated that the electric cars are not the environmental panacea that they are often made out to be. While the ETA has not discounted the electric cars completely, the report calls for a need to study the impact of electric cars on environment.
Well, ask yourself, if everyone was to drive an electric car, it is going to increase the requirement of electricity. And with an all time increase in electricity requirement, the generation of electricity will not only be a challenge but you will need to clearly think of the increased raw material requirement for electricity. Where are the raw materials and how will you produce electricity that can sustain an electric car revolution?
The report dubs the idea that electric cars automatically cut CO2 pollution a myth, and claims the current system of emissions and energy regulation needs root and branch reforming to effectively address global pollution. In hindsight, you are looking at only controlling CO2 emissions, while efforts need to be made to ensure that pollution levels fall globally, be it in terms of Co2 or the increased electricity usage of electric cars. While, there is no need to discount the electric cars because they afford us an opportunity to broaden the fuel replacement alternatives, we have to look at strategy to ensure that a mere change of fuel to electric cars do not end up compounding the environement woes.
ETA Director Andrew Davies has tried to explain that the report is not intended to discount electric vehicles or dampen any enthusiasm for them. The introduction of electric vehicles should not be considered as a panacea against global vehicular pollution. Hence there is a need to do a concerted study on the source of power for electric cars.
While it is simple and easy to tout electric cars as the solution to day to day problems being faced in terms of increased vehicular pollution, we need to step aside and think of the following 3 questions: 1. Who produces electricity for electric cars? 2. What process or raw materials are used for creating electricity? 3. What is the impact of increased consumption of electricity on the green environment? It may be stupid to give a bling clearance to electric cars as being the only possible and commercially viable alternative to fossil fuels. At the same time, there is no need to discount the electric cars. They hold a significant promise and if we are able to think, and come up with strategy to optimize the overall requirements we will be able to do good for the environment and people.
And, from the look of it, we may end up using blended or hybrid vehicles to bring vehicular pollution under check.
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