Originally Posted by
Crash one
So how does the non scientific general public user find out the real truth?
I was told that to burn a gallon of petrol produces about three quarters gallon of water, which is pretty harmless stuff. What does the other 25% consist of and what is the genuine comparison with diesel?
Is there an honest, genuine organisation devoted to finding the truth, or are they all employed to produce a result that will satisfy someone's financial interest?
Or are the answers to these questions so bloody obvious they don't need asking?
All the time people making various claims are relying on the results for their own salaries, no one is going to trust anything or anybody.
The same krap is going to happen with electric motors, what cost in emissions will there be if power stations are used to recharge, manufacture batteries, build the new infrastructure?
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Funny, I asked a colleague a similar question. I asked whether we benefit from recharging vehicles, or do we just displace the issue from the town (with petrol/diesel) to the area around the power station (with electric)?
His answer was that his understanding is that there are economies of scale from recharging because the incremental increase in emissions from the power station are lower than from diesel or petrol. (Even more so if the power isn't supplied by fossil fuels.)
Of course this may not be true, but it was his truthful response in that he isn't paid by anyone to answer the question in any particular way.