People tend to just repeat what they hear without much thought, and thats how misinformation becomes "fact".  Someone once said that after a certain amount of repetition lies become fact, meaning in the public eye, and I agree. Such is the case with electric cars. They are gonna save the world, right? Wrong.

 Most of our electricity is generated by coal or natural gas fired power plants. The more electricity they generate, the more emissions they produce. An electric car has a whopping battery weighing over 2,000 lbs. Charging that battery consumes electricity (and no small amount either), and generating that electricity generates emissions. Electric cars have no tailpipe emissions, the emissions they create come from generating the electric power. 

  Then theres the  battery. All the batteries that I know of contain hazardous materials, like lead, sulfuric acid, chromium, potassium chloride and lithium. The manufacturing process has to generate large quantities of hazardous materials, and the raw materials used in battery production have to be shipped by rail or truck, more potential hazards. Will collisions rupture these batteries and spill chemicals? I havent heard anything about that, but its a question that needs asking. Spent batteries need to be contained and neutralized somehow, meaning collection points with piles of giant batteries would spring up, and so would battery processing plants. Electric cars consume power, create emissions and present a new hazardous materials stream.

 I am not for or against electric cars, Im just calling bullshit on the way that electric cars have been presented. They are trying to sell them on false pretenses.

Shannon