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After putting 5,000 miles on it, all David Turock, Ed.D., has to do to service his 2003 Toyota Rav4 is rotate the tires and add windshield washer fluid. In fact, in terms of service, that’s all he will ever have to do to his electric vehicle, or EV.Well, if this guy's getting electricity from Pennsylvania Power and Light, his car may be mostly powered by fossil fuels like coal, gas and oil:
“These cars cause no pollution, run about $40,000 to $50,000, need practically no service and go about 70 to 80 miles per charge,” Dr. Turock said.
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Hi, this is David Turock.
I'm afraid that I was partially quoted as saying that electric cars cause "no pollution." What I said is that electric cars cause no tailpipe pollution on the roads, and that my cars, when charged at my home in New Jersey, cause no pollution since I subscribe to renewable power through New Jersey's Clean Energy Program - ref: http://www.njcleanenergy.com
Nationwide, about 50% of electricity is generated by burning coal. Studies have shown that even charging an all-electric vehicle with electricity generated from coal creates slightly less total pollution than a gasoline-electric hybrid such as the Toyota Prius (ref www.epri.com ). Further, as our country's electric generation plants become cleaner, and older, coal-fired plants are decommissioned, electric vehicles will become even better alternatives.
I hope that this will set the record straight.
David L. Turock, Ph.D.
Fair enough, but when you pay to get "renewable power", aren't you actually paying to PRETEND that your particular home's electricity was generated by wind/solar/etc?
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