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Old 04-09-2009
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with electric cars, the electricity still has to be produced, and unless it is coming from, either solar or wind, you still got carbon overheads.
.... not neccesarily so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France

when you read that wiki article it soon becomes painfully obvious that our own domestic electricity strategy is fooked. france produces so much power that they actually sell off surplus!

my dream is a nuclear grid powering hundreds of hydrogen refining stations, and fuel cells in most cars - thus solving the charging conundrum.
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