Who Will Produce Electricity For Electric Cars? Asks ETA

By Ian Bell

All electric cars are not the environmental panacea they are often made out to be - that's the shock conclusion of a major new report from the Environmental Transport Association (ETA). And indeed, it calls for some introspection to find out about the expectations from electric cars and the unintended consequences of completely moving over to electric cars.

If everyone started driving electric cars tomorrow, the amount of additional electricity required would increase rather than decrease pollution, the ETA claims.What this implies is that you will need more electricity to be generated and more raw materials will be needed to do so.

The report talks about how an electric car cannot automatically cut CO2 pollution. Infact, it calls for a reform of the existing system of emissions and energy regulation to help resolve issues related to environment pollution across the globe. By changing the source of fuel from petrol, diesel to electric cars you may be able to directly control the CO2 emissions and CO levels in the environment. However, unless there is a strategy or plan in place, the generation of electricity for electric cars can add to environment woes. It is simply not possible to treat electric cars as the solution to current global pollution.

Andrew Davies, ETA Director, has opined that the electric cars should not be considered as a panacea for global pollution. Without causing any intended dampening of enthusiasm for electric cars, he goes on to say or suggest that we need to make changes in the way we produce and tax power. And he seems to be logical in his thinking because we need to understand and address the increased demand of electricity. If we do so, we can gain long term environmental benefits for everyone.

In essence, electric cars are a good alternative to current situation; however, we need to analyze the complete impact on the environment by considering the increased need of electricity and we need to define the steps that will be needed to meet the increased demand of electricity. It is as good as asking yourself 2 questions - a) Who will produce the increased levels of electricity? b) How will the electricity be produced? And if you are able to answer these effectively, do not forget that you need to calculate the compounding effect of increased electricity generation on the natual resources and green environment.

Hybrid cars may just be the right option to conserve the green environment. - 21393

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