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Americans Refusing To Wait For Mainstream EVs

Posted by timothy on from the voltage-too-low dept.

hazehead writes "The growing trend of folks refusing to wait for big-car manufacturers to deliver mainstream electric vehicles is starting to get some press. From DIY tinkerers in Atlanta trying to keep money from going overseas (or simply from leaving their wallets) to a guy in Oregon building an open source Civic conversion kit, Americans are taking energy policy in their own grease-stained hands."

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  1. Still doesnt solve jack by falcon5768 · · Score: 0, Troll

    As long as that electricity is coming from coal and fuel powered sources and not solar, wind, water, or nuclear sources, all it does is shift the problem, not solve it.

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    1. Re:Still doesnt solve jack by jcnnghm · · Score: 0, Troll

      My point was that the "greenies" don't understand the market realities. People aren't going to stop using energy all together, and they aren't going to switch to impractically expensive green power when there are literally mountains of dirt cheap coal available. By opposing clean, safe nuclear power, coal power was essentially forced.

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