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And what are we going to do with all of these batteries that will have to be discarded after a few years. Yeah, that'll really be a boon for the ecology!


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Take hydrogen for instance, sure once you GET it, it's better than gas, but it takes energy to compress it and store it, and building the proper filling stations, etc. At the end of the day, all the electricity used up is more wastefull than the gas you would have used


But the uninformed masses will believe they are doing better for the envirnment. Face it the big companies control the EPA. How many times has a company only gotten a slap on the wrist for spills or dumping s**t into the atmosphere? And when the are caught and reprimmanded who pays for the clean-up? Most of the time it's not them, the gov. picks up the tab. Here in NY they have started offering "green" power to us, but it costs us more to buy it. What incentive do I have to use it (other than not polluting the envirnment). If they truly wanted people to use it they would offer it cheaper than conventional energy.

Jim