The second half of your post, well that just looks like the typical fascist, denialist claptrap we’ve seen a million times before. I don’t care much for Al Gore myself, but do you you really think thousands of scientists who have looked at the data ever so slightly more closely than the rest of us are lying about anthropogenic global warming, the CO2 changes simply do not come after the temperature rise? And, as for concluding with mention of “God”, how did I know that was coming? Sheesh.

Less than 5 % of the electricity generated in America is currently from renewable sources. Coal generates almost 60% with most of the remainder by oil, natural gas, nuclear and those Hydro-Dams you folks want to remove.

Fossile and nuclear power plants are about 30% efficient in the conversion of heat energy to Mechanical and then electrical. Line losses resulting transmission and distribution are also a factor.

More bad news. With the exception of “Mine Mouth Generating Plants” most coal is transported by rail burning even more fuel and further reducing over all efficiencie

Add the environmental impact of construction and operation of power plants, mining, transportation of fuels, production and disposal of battries and electric cars are even less attractive.

When all factors are considered electric cars are not anymore efficient than gas powered cars.

Battery operation of heavy vehicles (80,000 pound trucks) is not even feasable.

If you want to really save energy pass a law against burning natural gas to generate electricity. A high efficiency natural gas fired boiler or furnace is 95% efficient. If you produce 100,000 BTU’s inthe furnace you lose only 5%. If you burn 100,000 BTU’s in a power plant using natural gas to generate electricity to heat a home you lose more than 70,000 BTU,s in the total process.

This is extremely wasteful. Using modern technology with Precipitators, Bag-Houses and FGD Scrubbers you can burn coal with minimal environmental impact and save natural gas for efficient, clean home heating. By the way – FGD Scrubbers combine a pulverized lime stone slurry with the power plant flue product to form CO2, water and Gypsum that is sold to produce wall board and cement thereby off-setting the cost of the FGD Scrubbers.

When you buy a car today it is not your Grand Father’s car. Today’s gas powered autos burn unleaded gas and produce less than 1 % of the polution of the cars of yester year.

And please do not try that nonsense about CO2 being a polutant. CO2 is “plant food”. It is neither a polutant nor is it toxic merely because Al – soon to be the first Globel Warming Billionaire – Gore says so.

Furthermore, if you examine the graphs cited by the globel warming proponents, the increase in CO2 always FOLLOWS warming. Their own data and graphs illustrate this fact that warming causes increases in CO2 not the reverse.

Suffice it to say that the glabal warming is a hoax.. This scam financially supports thousands phoney professors, scientists and businesses subsidized by political hacks.

This would all be a pathetic joke were it not for the fact that environmental extremest movement has been a major cause in the demise in the once great American industrial base that provided the greatest standard of living in the history of the world.

I say to all the environmental wacko, business hating, socialist malcontents that want to “kill the goose that laid the golden egg”, be careful what you wish for.

If you succeed you or your children will wake up in a very scary world. A world far different from the one that was bought for you with the hard work of others and blood of brave soldiors ( that you probably dispise as much as business men).

This brave new world without a prosperous America will not have to worry about auto exhaust fumes, because only the rich, the powerful and the ruling commisars will have cars, or warm dry homes, or medical care and wonder drugs, or all the other conveniences you take for granted.

But not to worry all the wonderful people you probably admire and look up to will come to the rescue. The Billionaire Movie Makers and the Millionaire singers, actors, and ball players. You know, the people who realy care. I’m sure they will give up their private jets, limo’s, and multiple mansions. Gee, they are already doing their part with public service announcements and concerts to encourage us (the little people) to get our junkers off the road and ride the bus so we don’t slow down their Mercedes. Sure these are the people who will save us from those big bad corporations and CEO’s.

Well I guess I won’t be driving that golf cart to work because you are winning and there is not going to be any work to drive to. Go ahead and celebrate your victory. Your environmental dream is coming true before your eyes. The tipping point, the point of no return has already passed.

Your beloved Left Wing Liberal Democrats have controled the popular media for 50 years. With the exception of an occaisional republican speed bump they controlled both houses of congress for 60 of the last 70 years.

Now you have all the power and you are using it ruthlessly as usual. I have to admit I grudgingly admire your side. You have kept your eye on the prize, stayed on message, divided the opposition, and nevered wavered.

You have won. Just sit back a watch your dream come to fruition. God help us all. Not “Mother Earth” but the real God. You Know the God we turned our back on.

Jimk1944

In your article, the reference ‘Well-to-wheel CO2 analysis of electric and ICE vehicles: are global CO2 emission reductions possible? Int. J. Global Warming, 1 (4), 432-442′ is not available for me. If possible, could you send it to me through e-mail.

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