Comments on: Going the Extra Mile for Planet and Detroit http://sunpowereddreams.com/2009/01/29/going-the-extra-mile-for-planet-and-detroit/ A Blog focused on green energy and global warming. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:18:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Shawn http://sunpowereddreams.com/2009/01/29/going-the-extra-mile-for-planet-and-detroit/#comment-366 Shawn Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:43:22 +0000 http://sunpowereddreams.com/?p=251#comment-366 I think it's great that automakers are now providing hybrid cars with electric motors, because it change was way overdue! I mean, it is 2009 and people are automakers are still pumping thousands of gas-guzzling vehicles into the market. I find it hard to believe that we can send a space craft to Mars, but we don't possess the technology or resources to make our vehicles more fuel efficient! I'm not so sure that electric vehicles will solve the pollution problem, or the oil problem in the US. I recently had an energy economics class where we focused most of the semester on power generation and greenhouse gas emissions. According to what I learned in class it's a common misconception that automobiles are the main cause for air pollution. Actually, generating trillions of megawatts of electricity each year through fossil fuel power plants is the main cause of greenhouse emissions, while all automobile emissions make up less than 10% of the total CO2 emissions in the US each year. I think that electric vehicles only shift the pollution, and could actually pollute the environment more as more stress is put on fossil fuel power plants to supply the electricity to charge these vehicles. I know that in large cities the air pollution can be pretty dense (I live about an hour from LA), but the best solution to reducing our air pollution is to free ourselves from the electricity grid. More money should be invested in renewable energy generation, and once that is established, we should focus on electric vehicles, because we will have a CLEAN electricity source to charge them from. Now is the perfect time to install a renewable energy system in your home. There are TONS of incentives offered by the government that will virtually pay for the entire system (whether it be wind, solar or both). Installation costs are usually $2,000.00 or more, BUT, if you want to save money you could pick up a very inexpensive do-it-yourself guide to install a system for about $300.00! You can check out www.ournerg.com/energy-by-earth.php for more info on the guide. Like I said before, with the incentives that the government is currently giving it is best to focus on energy independence for your home. I believe you can receive up to $5,000.00 in tax credits just for having your own renewable energy system for your home. Basically, you can set up a renewable energy system for your home for free. If many people do this then we WILL see a drastic reduction in air pollution, and people will have a CLEAN source of electricity to power their new electric vehicles. I think it’s great that automakers are now providing hybrid cars with electric motors, because it change was way overdue! I mean, it is 2009 and people are automakers are still pumping thousands of gas-guzzling vehicles into the market. I find it hard to believe that we can send a space craft to Mars, but we don’t possess the technology or resources to make our vehicles more fuel efficient!

I’m not so sure that electric vehicles will solve the pollution problem, or the oil problem in the US. I recently had an energy economics class where we focused most of the semester on power generation and greenhouse gas emissions. According to what I learned in class it’s a common misconception that automobiles are the main cause for air pollution. Actually, generating trillions of megawatts of electricity each year through fossil fuel power plants is the main cause of greenhouse emissions, while all automobile emissions make up less than 10% of the total CO2 emissions in the US each year.

I think that electric vehicles only shift the pollution, and could actually pollute the environment more as more stress is put on fossil fuel power plants to supply the electricity to charge these vehicles. I know that in large cities the air pollution can be pretty dense (I live about an hour from LA), but the best solution to reducing our air pollution is to free ourselves from the electricity grid. More money should be invested in renewable energy generation, and once that is established, we should focus on electric vehicles, because we will have a CLEAN electricity source to charge them from.

Now is the perfect time to install a renewable energy system in your home. There are TONS of incentives offered by the government that will virtually pay for the entire system (whether it be wind, solar or both). Installation costs are usually $2,000.00 or more, BUT, if you want to save money you could pick up a very inexpensive do-it-yourself guide to install a system for about $300.00! You can check out http://www.ournerg.com/energy-by-earth.php for more info on the guide.

Like I said before, with the incentives that the government is currently giving it is best to focus on energy independence for your home. I believe you can receive up to $5,000.00 in tax credits just for having your own renewable energy system for your home. Basically, you can set up a renewable energy system for your home for free. If many people do this then we WILL see a drastic reduction in air pollution, and people will have a CLEAN source of electricity to power their new electric vehicles.

]]> By: Cathy Patterson http://sunpowereddreams.com/2009/01/29/going-the-extra-mile-for-planet-and-detroit/#comment-362 Cathy Patterson Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:27:59 +0000 http://sunpowereddreams.com/?p=251#comment-362 Thanks for your post, it is always nice to read posts from other people who care. Thanks for your post, it is always nice to read posts from other people who care.

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