by Michael Dawson from CounterPunch.
The author does a good job of punching holes in all the hype about electric cars.
Also, I can never get over the implied assumption in all this hype that somehow electricity is free of pollution, that is, the implication that electricity is a source of energy rather than a means to distribute energy whose source continues to be mostly fossil fuels.
I presume that concentrating the burning of fossil fuels at certain plants, converting the fuels to electricity, and distributing the electricity to various outlets is less polluting than burning the fuels in vehicles--but how much is never discussed. Then, of course, this process results in the inevitable loss of energy through the various steps of conversion and distribution.
Clearly all the hype is designed to give capitalists another big opportunity to pursue profits while reassuring everyone that this is the "green" thing to do, that it will save the planet.