Let’s specifically look at the new Chevy Volt.
230 MPG
40 Mile range before the battery runs out and it runs on gasoline. It needs to be recharged before it can go again.
How much electric expense from your house will it take to charge the battery, and is that coming from coal plants?
A projected cost of ,000
What other pros and cons can you see?
Cons: uses electricity… has to be plugged in… MORE emissions from COLE FIRED POWER PLANTS, higher electricity bills… no way to dispose of the lithium battery (bad chemicals in there), with lower gas usage, refineries go out of business, price of gas goes up (which will affect about everything considering the goods you buy had to be delivered there in trucks and use gas), people lose jobs…
This is assuming that they sell the way people think they will… But, I don’t think they will do very well, so none of this is really relevant.