With battery recycling programs, electric vehicles are the greenest choice

By Jade Wang, Peninsula Press


QUESTION: How much of an environmental problem will the batteries in alternative fuel cars create? Are they really a sound environmental alternative? Lynnae Thandiwe, Atlanta, Ga.

ANSWER: Recent chatter about Tesla’s electric sedan and Nissan’s reasonably priced electric compact car has made it easy to feel excited again about alternative fuel. The electric car may have met an untimely death circa 2006, but five years later, the tables are turning. Hybrid sales are up, and family-appropriate electric vehicle options are on the horizon.

But as appealing as alternative fuel cars may be to the conscientious consumer, you raise a valid question: we need to see the whole picture and consider the environmental impacts of changing the way we power cars. Is the impact of producing batteries worth the gas pumping-impacts that electric cars avoid? In short, the answer is yes, but it’s worth examining in more detail. Continue Reading >>

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