[LINK] 'Smart' cars as fuel-efficient as hybrids

Antony Barry tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au
Wed May 16 09:37:32 AEST 2007


On 15/05/2007, at 11:06 PM, Ivan Trundle wrote:

> In Australia, greenhouse emissions from cars is less than that of  
> cows and sheep.
>
As a consequence I rarely eat beef of lamb.

> Granted, every bit helps, but we should focus our attention on the  
> real polluters: coal-fired power stations, and electricity generation.
>

I buy more green power than I use.

> If every household installed just one compact fluorescent light to  
> replace a single incandescent light, the savings in pollution is  
> the equivalent of taking 130,000 cars off the road (all figures  
> quoted from greenhouse.gov.au).
>
Done that.

> And we should convert all of our electric water heaters to gas for  
> even more savings.

Yep.

> And turn off electric devices left to idle on standby when not in  
> use. These make measurable differences to our electricity consumption.
>

Mostly.

> Interestingly, the use of electric vehicles in Australia is seen as  
> counter-productive for our overall greenhouse gas emissions - at  
> least until we bring clean-coal technology online.

If you cover it with green power it's OK. Even better get solar panels.

T

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