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But that electricity can also come from Solar, Wind, Tidal, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Hydroelectric, Thermal, and other far less polluting sources. Even if the persons electric vehicle is powered by a coal fired plant economy of scale comes into play.

Using electricity from a coal fired large generation plant (at least in this country with the inadequate but better than nothing pollution restrictions prompted by acid rain) is most likely going to have a smaller personal carbon output/”footprint” than using a strictly fossil fueled vehicle.

Why mock them for their efforts and added expense not being a perfect solution to the problem when no true solution even exists to date? Every little bit helps us just a little, at least IMO.

I have nothing against electric cars. My irrational grudge is against electric bicycles. They are certainly better than using any kind of car, but they are just as certainly worse than an acoustic bicycle. Once you put a motor on it, you have to use the motor, because it becomes too heavy to pedal up any significant hill. If it’s replacing a car, fine. But if a person thinks they are now a bicyclist, they’ve been duped.