  All lawmakers in Washington aren't behind Obama's proposed
CAFE standards         Comments     Threshold   RE: absolutely
By Keeir on 9/15/2011 6:38:07 PM , Rating: 2 Coal powers the
majority and pollutes the most. When considering the pollution
per watt of coal power, and the pollution to the environment
disposal of the complicated batteries... one could argue the
electric car is WORSE!  And Oil is magically pumped from the
ground, shipped round the world, refined and delievered into
your gas tank with no pollution?  Lets be consistent about the
level of examination  A. At Car B. From Transition Source (Power
Plant/Refinery) C. From Ground  Electric Cars (Full or Serial
Plug-in) are dramatically better when you fairly compare A, B,
or C. If and only if you decide to limit your examination to 50+
year old Coal plants does a Toyota Prius start beating the
Electric Car for real pollution, energy efficiency, and C02
emissions. You really have to cherry pick data to show a normal
car is better.  US refineries c