
Originally Posted By NODDAH: Burning coal to boil water to make steam to create pressure to turn turbine blades to create electricity to put a charge to the battery acid of your electric car is so much better for the enviroment.
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It actually is, because the coal plants can get far better efficiency than your car's engine. Centralized is superior, even with the losses involved in transmission.
And if you get your energy from a
nuclear plant, of course, there are no emissions at all.